1921 Pulitzer Prize Explained

The Pulitzer Prizes for 1921:

Journalism awards

• Public Service

• • The Boston Post, for its exposure of the operations of Charles Ponzi by a series of articles which finally led to his arrest.^[1]
• Reporting

• • Louis Seibold of New York World, for an interview with Woodrow Wilson.
• Editorial Writing

• • No award given. Jurors recommended the prize be given to William Peter Hamilton of The Wall Street Journal for two articles on "Our Envied Scrap Heap"^[2] and "Soviets and Feudalism",^[3] but the Advisory Board declined to make an award.^[4]

Letters and Drama Awards

• Novel

• • The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton (Appleton)
• Drama

• • Miss Lulu Bett by Zona Gale (Appleton)
• History

• • The Victory at Sea by William Sowden Sims in collaboration with Burton J. Hendrick (Doubleday)
• Biography or Autobiography

• • The Americanization of Edward Bok by Edward Bok (Scriber)

External links

• Pulitzer Prizes for 1921

Notes and References

1. News: Pulitzer Prize is awarded to Post. The Boston Post. May 30, 1921. Newspapers.com. (Part 2 of article)
2. News: Our envied scrap heap. The Wall Street Journal. February 26, 1920. Newspapers.com.
3. News: Soviets and feudalism. The Wall Street Journal. April 17, 1920. Newspapers.com.
4. Book: Complete Historical Handbook of the Pulitzer Prize System 1917-2000. Heinz-Dietrich Fischer. Erika J. Fischer. Walter de Gruyter. 2011. 978-3110939125. 130.