1922 Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prizes for 1922 were awarded for excellence in American journalism, literature, drama, and music, as established by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer.
Journalism Awards
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Public Service:
The New York World was awarded for its investigative articles exposing the operations of the Ku Klux Klan, published during September and October of 1921. -
Reporting:
Kirke L. Simpson of the Associated Press received the prize for his series of articles detailing the burial of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. -
Editorial Writing:
Frank M. O’Brien of the New York Herald was honored for his editorial titled “The Unknown Soldier“. -
Editorial Cartooning:
Rollin Kirby of the New York World won for his cartoon titled “On the Road to Moscow“.
Letters and Drama Awards
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Novel:
Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington (Doubleday). -
Drama:
Anna Christie by Eugene O’Neill. -
History:
The Founding of New England by James Truslow Adams (Little). -
Biography or Autobiography:
A Daughter of the Middle Border by Hamlin Garland (Macmillan). -
Poetry:
Collected Poems by Edwin Arlington Robinson (Macmillan).
Notable Art Prize – Archibald Prize 1922
Although not a Pulitzer category, the Archibald Prize is a prominent Australian portraiture award. In 1922, W. B. McInnes won the prize for his painting, Professor Harrison Moore.
Other finalists included:
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George W. Lambert – Self portrait, General Chauvel
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James Muir Auld – Portrait Mr Roderick Quinn
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John Longstaff – Portrait of Mr Edward W. Knox
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Percy Leason – Portrait Mr John B Dalley
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Norman Carter – Portrait of Mr Hugh McCrae
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Joseph Wolinski – Mr James Nangle, Self Portrait, Hon. Daniel Levy, M.L.A.
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Mary Edwell-Burke, Aileen R Dent, May Grigg, among others.
Nobel Prizes 1922
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Physics – Niels Henrik David Bohr
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Chemistry – Francis William Aston
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Physiology or Medicine – Archibald Vivian Hill, Otto Fritz Meyerhof
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Literature – Jacinto Benavente
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Peace – Fridtjof Nansen
References
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Simpson, Kirke Larue (December 1921). “The Unknown Soldier”. Service Bulletin of the Associated Press, Supplement – via Google Books.
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“Pulitzer Awards: ‘The Unknown Soldier,’ written by Frank M. O’Brien – For ‘The New York Herald,’ the Best Editorial of 1921”. The New York Herald, May 22, 1922 – via Newspapers.com.
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