When
Joseph Pulitzer, the publisher of the
New York World died in 1911. In
his will left $2 million for the establishment of a school of journalism
at Columbia University and annual prizes for literature, drama, music
and journalism.
Since 1922 Pulitzer Prizes have also been awarded to cartoonists.
Winners have included Rollin Kirby (1922,
1925 and 1929) Jay Norwood Darling (1924
and 1943), Daniel Fitzpatrick (1926
and 1955), Edmund Duffy (1931, 1934 and
1940), John McCutcheon (1932), Clarence
Batchelor (1937), Vaughan Shoemaker
(1937 and 1947), Jacob Burck (1941), Herbert
Block (1942, 1954 and 1979), Clifford
Berryman (1944), Bill Mauldin (1945
and 1959), Lute Pease (1949), Paul
Conrad (1964, 1971 and 1984), Pat Oliphant
(1967) and Paul Szep (1974 and 1977)
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