American Decades
Awards
PULITZER PRIZES
1950
Fiction: The Way West, by A. B. Guthrie, Jr.
Drama: South Pacific, by Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, and Joshua Logan
Poetry: Annie Allen, by Gwendolyn Brooks
Music: The Consul, by Gian Carlo Menotti
1951
Fiction: The Town, by Conrad Richter
Drama: no award
Poetry: Complete Poems, by Carl Sandburg
Music: Giants in the Earth, by Douglas Moore
1952
Fiction: The Caine Mutiny, by Herman Wouk
Drama: The Shrike, by Joseph Kramm
Poetry: Collected Poems, by Marianne Moore
Music: Symphony Concertante, by Gail Kubik
1953
Fiction: The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway
Drama: Picnic, by William Inge
Poetry: Collected Poems 1917-1952, by...
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1950's The Arts
- Overview
- Topics in the News
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Headline Makers
- Bernstein, Leonard 1918-1990
- Brando, Marlon 1924-
- Dean, James 1931-1955
- De Kooning, Willem 1904
- Faulkner, William 1897-1962
- Hemingway, Ernest 1899-1961
- Kerouac, Jack 1922-1969
- Monroe, Marilyn 1926-1962
- Parker, Charlie 1920-1955
- Pollock, Jackson 1912-1956
- Presley, Elvis 1935-1977
- Salinger, J. D. 1919-
- Williams, Hank 1924-1953
- People in the News
- Awards
- Deaths
- Publications
- Important Events in the Arts, 1950–1959
