Nobel Prizes
Chemistry
The prize was divided equally between: PERUTZ, MAX FERDINAND, Great Britain, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, b. 1914 ( in Vienna, Austria); and KENDREW, Sir JOHN COWDERY, Great Britain, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge
Literature
STEINBECK, JOHN, U.S.A., b. 1902, d. 1968: "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception"
Peace
PAULING, LINUS CARL, USA, b. 1901, d. 1994: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA. Campaigner especially for an end to nuclear weapons tests
Physiology or Medicine
The prize was awarded jointly to: CRICK, FRANCIS HARRY COMPTON, Great Britain, Institute of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, b. 1916; WATSON, JAMES DEWEY, U.S.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, b. 1928; and WILKINS, MAURICE HUGH FREDERICK,
Physics
LANDAU, LEV DAVIDOVICH, USSR, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, b. 1908, d. 1968: "for his pioneering theories for condensed matter, especially liquid helium"
Pulitzer Prizes
Drama
Frank Loesser & Abe Burrows ... "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"
Fiction
Edwin O'Connor ... "The Edge of Sadness"
History
Lawrence H. Gibson ... "The Triumphant Empire: Thunderclouds Gather in the West" International Reoprting: Walter Lippmann ... "New York Herald Tribune Syndicate" National Reporting: Nathan G. Caldwell & Gene S. Graham ... "Nashville Tennessean"
Public Service
"Panama City (FL) News-Herald"