1932 Pulitzer Prize

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1932 .

Journalism awards

• Public Service:
  • Indianapolis News for its successful campaign to eliminate waste in city management and to reduce the tax levy.
• Reporting:
  • W. C. Richards, D. D. Martin, J. S. Pooler, F. D. Webb and J. N. W. Sloan of Detroit Free Press for their account of the parade of the American Legion during the 1931 convention in Detroit.
• Correspondence:
  • Charles G. Ross of St. Louis Post-Dispatch for his article entitled, "The Country's Plight, What Can Be Done About It?", a discussion of economic situation of the United States
• Correspondence:
  • Walter Duranty of The New York Times for his series of dispatches on Russia specifically the working out of the Five Year Plan. This award has been controversial because of claims that Duranty lied about the famine in Ukraine. At this time the readers of the NYT are gathering signatures to revoke the prize from Duranty because of this lie. See Journalism Scandals - Walter Duranty

• Editorial Writing:
  • No award given
• Editorial Cartooning:
  • John T. McCutcheon of the Chicago Tribune, for A Wise Economist Asks a Question.

Letters and Drama Awards

• Biography or Autobiography:
  • Theodore Roosevelt by Henry F. Pringle (Harcourt)
• Novel:
  • The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck (John Day)
• Drama:
  • Of Thee I Sing by George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind and Ira Gershwin (Knopf)
• History:
  • My Experiences in the World War by John J. Pershing (Stokes)
• Poetry:
  • The Flowering Stone by George Dillon (Viking)

External links

• Pulitzer Prizes for 1932