1919 Pulitzer Prize

• Public Service:
  • Milwaukee Journal, for its strong and courageous campaign for Americanism in a constituency where foreign elements made such a policy hazardous from a business point of view.[1]

• Novel:
  • The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington (Doubleday)
• Biography or Autobiography:
  • The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams (Houghton)

These awards were made possible by a special grant from The Poetry Society.

• Poetry:
  • Cornhuskers by Carl Sandburg (Holt)
  • Old Road to Paradise by Margaret Widdemer (Holt)

• "1919 Pulitzer Prize Winners". New York City: Pulitzer Prize Board. 1919.