Three Jews are among the 12 Pulitzer Prize winners in journalism, letters and music for 1952. The awards were announced yesterday by the trustees of Columbia University.
The Jewish winners are: Herman Wouk, 37-year-old novelist whose “The Caine Mutiny” was judged the best novel of the year by an American author; Joseph Kramm, 44-year-old playwright whose “The Shrike” was voted the best original American play, and Dr. Oscar Handlin. Associate Professor of History at Harvard University, whose “The Uprooted” was declared “the distinguished book of the year upon the history of the United States.”
All three Jewish winners are American born. Mr. Wouk, who is Orthodox, was born in New York. He received his degree in 1934 from Columbia College, worked for the Treasury Department and enlisted in the Navy shortly after Pearl Harbor. Mr. Kramm was born in Philadelphia and was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. In World War II he served in Europe and won five campaign stars. Dr. Handlin was born in Brooklyn and received his degree from Harvard in 1940.
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