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  • Pulitzer Prize Winners

    History Daniel N. Boorstin ... "The Americans: The Democratic Experience"
    International Reporting Hedrick Smith ... "New York Times"
    National Reporting James R. Polk ... "Washington (DC) Star-News" & Jack White ... "Providence Journal and Evening Bulletin"
    Public Service "Newsday" (Garden City, NY)

    Chemistry

    FLORY, PAUL J., U.S.A., Stanford University, Stanford, CA, b. 1910, d. 1985:

    "for his fundamental achievements, both theoretical and experimental, in the
    physical chemistry of the macromolecules"
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    Literature

    The prize was divided equally between:

    JOHNSON, EYVIND, Sweden, b. 1900, d. 1976:

    "for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of
    freedom"; and

    MARTINSON, HARRY, Sweden, b. 1904, d. 1978:

    "for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos"
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    Peace

    The prize was divided equally between:

    MACBRIDE, SEAN, Ireland, b. 1904, d. 1990: President of the International Peace Bureau, Geneva, and the Commission of Namibia, United Nations, New York.

    SATO, EISAKU, Japan, b. 1901, d. 1975: Prime Minister of Japan.
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    Physiology or Medicine

    The prize was awarded jointly to:

    CLAUDE, ALBERT, Belgium, Universit* Catholique de Louvain, Louvain, b. 1899,
    d. 1983;

    DE DUVE, CHRISTIAN, Belgium, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, b.
    1917; and

    PALADE, GEORGE E., U.S.A., Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven,
    CT, b. 1912 (in Iasi, Romania):

    "for their discoveries concerning the structural and functional organization
    of the cell"
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    Physics

    The prize was awarded jointly to:

    RYLE, Sir MARTIN, Great Britain, Cambridge University, Cambridge, b. 1918,
    d. 1984; and

    HEWISH, ANTONY, Great Britain, Cambridge University, Cambridge, b. 1924:

    "for their pioneering research in radio astrophysics: Ryle for his
    observations and inventions, in particular of the aperture synthesis
    technique, and Hewish for his decisive role in the discovery of pulsars"

    Grammy Awards

    Record of the Year "I Honestly Love You" ... Olivia Newton-John
    Song of the Year "The Way We Were" ... Marilyn & Alan Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch
    Album of the Year "Fulfillingness' First Finale" ... Stevie Wonder
    Male Vocalist Stevie Wonder ... "Fulfillingness' First Finale"
    Female Vocalist Olivia Newton-John ... "I Honestly Love You"

    Academy Awards

    Best Picture "The Godfather Part II"
    Best Director Francis Ford Coppola ... "The Godfather Part II"
    Best Actor Art Carney ... "Harry and Tonto"
    Best Actress Ellen Burstyn ... "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"

    Emmy Awards

    Single Program "The Law" (NBC)
    Drama Series "Upstairs, Downstairs" (PBS)
    Comedy Series
    "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (CBS)
    Limited Series "Tom Brown's Schooldays" (PBS)

     

     

     

     

     

     

     


    Tony Awards

    Best Play "The River Niger" ... Jospeh A. Walker
    Best Musical Raisin"
    Best Actor
    (in a play)

    Michael Moriarty ... "Find Your Way Home"
    Best Actress
    (in a play)

    Collen Dewhurst ... "A Moon for the Misbegotten"
    Best Actor
    (in a musical)

    Christopher Plummer ... "Cyrano"
    Best Actress
    (in a musical)
    Virginia Capers ... "Raisin"
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