1936 Pulitzer Prize

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1936

• Public Service:
  • Cedar Rapids Gazette for its campaign against corruption and misgovernment in the State of Iowa.^[1]
  • Honorable mention to the St. Paul Daily News for its campaign against corruption and misgovernment in St. Paul.^[2]
• Reporting:
  • Lauren D. Lyman of The New York Times for the exclusive story revealing that the Charles Lindbergh family was leaving the United States to live in England.
• Correspondence:
  • Wilfred C. Barber of the Chicago Tribune for his reports of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War (posthumous).
  • Honorable mentions to:^[2]
    • Webb Miller of the United Press for reports on the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.
    • Ashman Brown of the Providence Evening Bulletin for his correspondence from Washington.
    • Jay G. Hayden of The Detroit News for a series of political articles written on a tour of the country.
    • James A. Mills of the Associated Press for his story about the leasing of Ethiopian oil fields to Standard Oil.
• Editorial Writing:
  • Felix Morley of The Washington Post for distinguished editorial writing during the year.^[3]
  • George B. Parker of Scripps-Howard Newspapers for distinguished editorial writing during the year.
• Editorial Cartooning:
  • No award given.

• Novel:
  • Honey in the Horn by Harold L. Davis (Harper).
• Drama:
  • Idiot's Delight by Robert E. Sherwood (Scribner).
• History:
  • A Constitutional History of the United States by Andrew C. McLaughlin (Appleton).
• Biography or Autobiography:
  • The Thought and Character of William James by Ralph Barton Perry (Little).
• Poetry:
  • Strange Holiness by Robert Peter Tristram Coffin (Macmillan).

• Pulitzer Prizes for 1936