1940 Pulitzer Prize
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The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1940.
Journalism awards
- Public Service:
- Waterbury Republican-American for its campaign exposing municipal graft.
- Reporting:
- S. Burton Heath of the New York World-Telegram for his expose of the frauds perpetrated by Federal judge Martin T. Manton, who resigned and was tried and imprisoned.
- Correspondence:
- Otto D. Tolischus of The New York Times for his dispatches from Berlin.
- Editorial Writing:
- Bart Howard of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for his distinguished editorial writing during the year.
- Editorial Cartooning:
- Edmund Duffy of The Baltimore Sun for The Outstretched Hand.
Letters and Novel Awards
- Novel:
- Drama:
- History:
- Abraham Lincoln: The War Years by Carl Sandburg (Harcourt).
- Biography or Autobiography:
- Woodrow Wilson, Life and Letters. Vols. VII and VIII by Ray Stannard Baker (Doubleday).
- Poetry:
- Collected Poems by Mark Van Doren (Holt).
