Cultural Criticism 1969-1990: From Architectural Damages to Press ImperfectionsHeinz-Dietrich Fischer, Erika J. Fischer The School of Journalism at Columbia University has awarded the Pulitzer Prize since 1917. Nowadays there are prizes in 21 categories from the fields of journalism, literature and music. The Pulitzer Prize Archive presentsthe history of this award from its beginnings to the present: In parts A toE the awarding oftheprize in each category is documented, commented and arranged chronologically. Part F covers the history of the prize biographically and bibliographically. Part G provides the background to thedecisions. |
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SELECTIONS FROM AWARDWINNING ENTRIES | 1 |
REMARKS ABOUT THE SELECTIONS CRITERIA | 2 |
ABOUT ARCHITECTURE ISSUES IN 1969 | 3 |
MUNICIPAL TRAFFIC PLANS WILL MAIM SOME DOWNTOWN DISTRICTS | 4 |
SENSE OF HISTORY AND ESTHETICS PERVADES A NEW CITY HALL | 8 |
A BLACK COMMUNITY FIGHTS A STATE OFFICE BUILDING PROJECT | 12 |
RENEWAL PROGRAMS THREATEN CITY DISTRICTS AND NATURAL ASSETS | 16 |
ABOUT BOOK MESSAGES IN 1980 | 199 |
SLIMY EXERCISES IN THE NEW JOURNALISM PROFESSION | 200 |
CHINESEAMERICANS PROBLEMS OF CULTURAL INTEGRATION | 203 |
A GREENHORNS WILD ADVENTURES IN THE EARLY SIXTIES | 207 |
GLIMPSES OF AN INFLUENTIAL COLUMNISTS DUAL CAREER | 210 |
ABOUT MUSIC PRESENTATIONS IN 1981 | 215 |
AN OUTSTANDING VIOLINISTS STANDARD WAS SIMPLY PERFECTION | 216 |
MODERN SETTING OF A CLASSIC OPERA AS BIG MUSICAL CHALLENGE | 221 |
ABOUT MUSIC TOPICS IN 1970 | 19 |
SOVIET AVANTGARDE MUSIC OBSERVED BY THE POLITICAL SYSTEM | 20 |
CONDUCTING MUSIC THE CELLIST VIRTUOSO BECOMES A YOUNG MAN | 23 |
SOME GREAT CLASSICAL COMPOSERS DESERVE TIMELESS RELEVANCE | 28 |
REMINISCENCES OF TWO FAMOUS BUT VERY DIFFERENT CONDUCTORS | 32 |
ABOUT DANCE ARRANGEMENTS IN 1971 | 37 |
BALLET PERFORMANCES ENJOY POPULAR UPSWING AMONG FANS | 38 |
FANATICAL DEVOTION OF CHAMBER MUSICIANS TO THEIR WORK | 42 |
IN A WORLD OF INDIFFERENCE SOME PEOPLE LIVE THEIR MUSIC | 47 |
SENSIVITY TO ALL SORTS OF MUSIC CHARACTERIZES THAT PRODIGY | 52 |
ABOUT TELEVISION OUTLINES IN 1972 | 55 |
YOUNG CREATIVE WRITERS COULD ENLIVEN SILLY TV ENTERTAINMENT | 56 |
OLYMPIC GAMES TV REPORTERS AS CUSTODIANS OF NATIONAL HONOR | 60 |
SOBERING INSIGHTS INTO ONE OF AMERICAS MOST POPULAR TV SHOWS | 62 |
ELECTED TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TV TRY TO SERVE VIEWERS INTEREST | 64 |
ABOUT ART EXHIBITIONS IN 1973 | 69 |
A NORWEGIAN PAINTER SEEN UNDER ASPECTS OF HIS PRIVATE LIFE | 70 |
THE GREAT CUBISTS POSITION IN TWENTIETHCENTURY ART | 73 |
NUDITY AND VIOLENCE IN ART AS EXPRESSIONS OF MODERN LIFE | 78 |
THE PAINTER OF BIBLICAL VISIONS HAS GOT HIS OWN MUSEUM | 82 |
ABOUT FILM PRODUCTIONS IN 1974 | 87 |
FEMALE MOVIE ROLES REPRESENT ONLY STEREOTYPED IMAGES | 88 |
NEW WAVE FILMS AND THEIR TREATMENT OF SEX PROBLEMS | 93 |
A PRIVATE EYE MOVIE AS COMPLEX STORY OF EVIL ITSELF | 97 |
CINEMATIC STRUCTURES OF TWO SUCCESSFUL FILM DIRECTORS | 103 |
ABOUT DANCE EVENTS IN 1975 | 109 |
INTERNATIONAL BALLETIC BRILLIANCE NOW SHOWN FOR DECADES | 110 |
ASPECTS OF SYMBIOTIC AFFILIATION BETWEEN FILM AND DANCE | 114 |
MOSCOWS FAMOUS BALLET COMPANY EXPECTED WITH NEW PROGRAM | 120 |
CERTAIN EFFECTS OF POLITICS ON A DANCERS CAREER | 127 |
ABOUT BOOK PUBLICATIONS IN 1976 | 131 |
A PROLIFICE WRITERS NEW NOVEL IS ABOUT MONEY AND POWER | 132 |
DISTURBANCE OF EDEN BY PROGRESS IN A SMALL FARM VILLAGE | 136 |
YOUNG POET BETWEEN EDWARDIAN IDEALS AND OUTRAGEOUS REALITY | 139 |
LETTERS ILLUMINATING VARIED DECADES OF AMERICAN HISTORY | 143 |
ABOUT THEATER PERFORMANCES IN 1977 | 147 |
THE FASCINATING ART OF PLAYING A ROLE SENSITIVELY | 148 |
THEATER ONCE DEALT WITH ROMANCE NOW EXPOSES SEX | 152 |
TWO FEMALE ENTERTAINERS PUT ON A STRIKING SHOW | 158 |
INTERPRETATIONS OF TWO ACTORS PLAYING THE SAME ROLE | 162 |
ABOUT ARCHITECTURE DEFICIENCIES IN 1978 | 167 |
NEW FEDERAL BUILDING NOT COMPATIBLE WITH CITY MASTER PLANS | 168 |
CHEERLESS SHAPING OF LIVING SPACE IN SOME DOWNTOWN AREAS | 172 |
FEW CITY HOTEL LOBBIES OFFER A TASTEFUL GENERAL ATMOSPHERE | 176 |
RUTHLESS WRECKING OF LANDMARKS BY URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT | 180 |
ABOUT TELEVISION CONCEPTS IN 1979 | 185 |
FAIRYTALE FASCINATES TV AUDIENCE OVER TWO DECADES | 186 |
HOW TO ADAPT A FAMOUS NOVEL OF GUILT AND LOVE FOR TV | 189 |
ETHICS OF SEVERAL TV SPORTSCASTERS BELONG ON THE SIDELINES | 192 |
HIGHLY STEREOTYPED CHARACTERS DOMINATE TV NETWORK PROGRAMS | 195 |
ACCLAIMED STAR TENOR DISAPPOINTS IN ITALIAN OPERA PERFORMANCE | 224 |
OPERA MASTERPIECE PERFORMED AS NAIVE COMPENDIUM OF CLICHES | 227 |
ABOUT ART ASPECTS IN 1982 | 233 |
AN ESTHETICALLY FASCINATING TV SERIES AS GREAT FILM ART | 234 |
TWO ART EXHIBITIONS ILLUMINATE MODERN ITALIAN PAINTING | 236 |
SOME OLD MASTERS PAINTINGS VISUALIZE HEAVEN AND EARTH | 240 |
CONTEMPORARY ART SHOW DOESNT INDICATE FUTURE TRENDS | 244 |
ABOUT ARCHITECTURE CHALLENGES IN 1983 | 249 |
A WORLD CAPITALS STEEL ICON BECOMES ONE CENTURY OLD | 250 |
RESTORATION PLANS THREATEN U S PARLIAMENT BUILDING | 254 |
DESIGN OF NEW COLLEGE HALL SHOWS COMPOSITIONAL TALENT | 258 |
WEST COAST CITY PLANS TO LIMIT UNFETTERED DOWNTOWN GROWTH | 263 |
ABOUT TELEVISION COVERAGES IN 1984 | 269 |
IF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ONCE HELD AN HONEST TV DEBATE | 270 |
ELECTRONIC PREACHERS MIX THEOLOGY AND DOCTRINAIRE POLITICS | 273 |
A TV NETWORKS JINGOISTIC COVERAGE OF THE L A OLYMPIC GAMES | 276 |
SOFTFOCUSED NEWS PROGRAMS PRESENTED BY PERKY TV ANCHORS | 280 |
ABOUT MUSIC CONDITIONS IN 1985 | 283 |
A SOPRANOS FAREWELL APPEARANCE IN A DEFICIENT PRODUCTION | 284 |
THE MIRACLE OF TWO BAROQUE COMPOSERS MUSICAL ACHIEVEMENT | 287 |
OPERAGOERS PROPOSALS TO PERFORM A MURDER SCENE PLAUSIBLY | 292 |
FAULTS IN THE MUSICAL LOGIC OF TOO MANY YOUNG COMPOSERS | 296 |
ABOUT BOOK CONTENTS IN 1986 | 301 |
TUMULTOUS SEARCH FOR A WOMANS PAST IN SOCIETY | 302 |
MEMORIES OF A VERY HAUNTING AND SOLITARY CHILDHOOD | 305 |
AGE IS WELL ABLE TO PREVAIL OVER CHALLENGING YOUTH | 309 |
NEW STEP IN A JOURNEY FROM A DARK CAVE INTO THE LIGHT | 313 |
ABOUT TELEVISION PROGRAMS IN 1987 | 317 |
FICTIONAL TV STORY ON A SOVIETOCCUPIED AMERICA | 318 |
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDERS IN TV DEBATES | 325 |
TV TRANSMITTED HEARING ON NOMINATION TO SUPREME COURT | 328 |
TV COVERAGE DOESNT COME UP TO GRACIOUS HISTORIC SUMMIT | 332 |
ABOUT BOOK QUESTIONS IN 1988 | 337 |
WHAT A FELLOWSHIP OF REGIONAL WRITERS SHOULD SET AS ITS AIM | 338 |
TWO NOVELISTS RECONSTRUCT AMBIVALENT TIES OF FATHER TO SON | 341 |
SHAPELESS AND WOODEN NOVEL AGAIN ATOP THE BEST SELLER LISTS | 344 |
LETTERS OF AN EXCELLENT MUSIC CRITIC SHOW WIT AND FRANKNESS | 347 |
ABOUT ARCHITECTURE PROBLEMS IN 1989 | 351 |
FORMER ARMY BASE AS CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE | 352 |
ESTHETIC QUALITY SHOULD LEAD DOWNTOWN BUILDING PROGRAMS | 357 |
EARTHQUAKE REVEALS SOME FAULTS IN BUILDING TECHNIQUES | 362 |
NEW HALFWAY HOUSE IS A MASTERPIECE OF SOCIAL DESIGN | 368 |
ABOUT MEDIA FAILURES IN 1990 | 373 |
MOSTLY UNCRITICAL MEDIA COVERAGE OF A CONTROVERSIAL TRIAL | 374 |
LOOKING TOWARD AUTHORITIES THE MEDIA PREJUDGED DEFENDANTS | 381 |
HOW A LARGE NEWSPAPER CAN CONTRIBUTE TO PUBLIC OUTRAGE | 387 |
WHAT IS DECISIVE FOR A GAZETTES FAIR COURT REPORTING? | 396 |
WINNERS OF THE DISTINGUISHED CRITICISM AWARD 19912001 SPACE FOR NOTES | 404 |
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