1972 Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prizes for 1972 are:

Journalism awards

 * Public Service:
 * The New York Times, for the publication of the Pentagon Papers.
 * Local General or Spot News Reporting:
 * Richard Cooper and John Machacek of the Rochester Times-Union, for their coverage of the Attica Prison riots.
 * Local Investigative Specialized Reporting:
 * Timothy Leland, Gerard M. O'Neill, Stephen A. Kurkjian and Ann Desantis of The Boston Globe, for their exposure of widespread corruption in Somerville, Massachusetts.
 * National Reporting:
 * Jack Anderson, syndicated columnist, for his reporting of American policy decision-making during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971.
 * International reporting:
 * Peter R. Kann of The Wall Street Journal, for his coverage of the Indo Pakistan War of 1971.
 * Commentary:
 * Mike Royko of the Chicago Daily News, for his columns during 1971.
 * Criticism:
 * Frank Peters Jr. of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, for his music criticism during 1971.
 * Editorial Writing:
 * John Strohmeyer of the Bethlehem Globe-Times, for his editorial campaign to reduce racial tensions in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
 * Editorial Cartooning:
 * Jeffrey K. MacNelly of the Richmond News-Leader, for his editorial cartooning during 1971.
 * Spot News Photography:
 * Horst Faas and Michel Laurent of Associated Press, for their picture series, Death in Dacca.
 * Feature Photography:
 * David Hume Kennerly of United Press International, for his dramatic photographs of the Vietnam War in 1971.

Letters, Drama and Music awards

 * Fiction:
 * Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner (Random)
 * Drama:
 * No award given.
 * History:
 * Neither Black Nor White by Carl N. Degler (Macmillan)
 * Biography or Autobiography:
 * Eleanor and Franklin by Joseph P. Lash (Norton)
 * Poetry:
 * Collected Poems by James Wright (Wesleyan Univ. Press)
 * Non-Fiction:
 * Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-1945 by Barbara W. Tuchman (Macmillan)
 * Music:
 * Windows by Jacob Druckman (MCA Music) Premiered by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on March 16, 1972, at Orchestra Hall, Chicago.