1948 Pulitzer Prize

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1948.

Journalism awards

 * Public Service:
 * St. Louis Post-Dispatch for the coverage of the Centralia mine disaster in Illinois, and the follow-up which resulted in impressive reforms in mine safety laws and regulations.
 * Local Reporting:
 * George E. Goodwin of the Atlanta Journal for his story of the Telfair County vote fraud, published in 1947.
 * National Reporting:
 * Nat S. Finney of the Minneapolis Tribune for his stories on the plan of the Truman administration to impose secrecy about the ordinary affairs of federal civilian agencies in peacetime.
 * Bert Andrews of the New York Herald Tribune for his articles on "A State Department Security Case" published in 1947.
 * International Reporting:
 * Paul W. Ward of The Baltimore Sun for his series of articles published in 1947 on "Life in the Soviet Union".
 * Editorial Writing:
 * Virginius Dabney of the Richmond Times-Dispatch for distinguished editorial writing during the year.
 * Editorial Cartooning:
 * Reuben Goldberg of the New York Sun for "Peace Today".
 * Photography:
 * Frank Cushing of the Boston Traveler for his photo, "Boy Gunman and Hostage".

Letters, Drama and Music Awards

 * Fiction:
 * Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener (Macmillan).
 * Drama:
 * A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams (New Directions).
 * History:
 * Across the Wide Missouri by Bernard De Voto (Harper).
 * Biography or Autobiography:
 * Forgotten First Citizen: John Bigelow by Margaret Clapp (Little).
 * Poetry:
 * The Age of Anxiety by W. H. Auden (Random).
 * Music:
 * Symphony, No. 3 by Walter Piston first performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Boston, January 1948.

Special citations

 * Frank D. Fackenthal, acting president of Columbia University, was awarded a scroll recognizing his years of service to the Pulitzer Prizes.