Letters, Drama and Music Awards
- Fiction:
- No award given.
- Drama:
- The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel (Harper)
- History:
- Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom by James MacGregor (Harcourt)
- Biography or Autobiography:
- Robert Frost: The Years of Triumph, 1915-1938 by Lawrance Thompson (Holt)
- Poetry:
- The Carrier of Ladders by William S. Merwin (Atheneum)
- General Non-Fiction:
- The Rising Sun by John Tolland (Random)
- Music:
- Synchronisms No. 6 for Piano and Electronic Sound (1970) by Mario Davidovsky (E. B. Marks)
Premiered August 19, 1970 at the Berkshire Music Festival.
- Synchronisms No. 6 for Piano and Electronic Sound (1970) by Mario Davidovsky (E. B. Marks)
Read more about this topic: 1971 Pulitzer Prize
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