Nobel Prizes
Chemistry
SANGER, FREDERICK, Great Britain, Cambridge University, b. 1918: "for his work on the structure of proteins, especially that of insulin"
Literature
PASTERNAK, BORIS LEONIDOVICH, USSR, b. 1890, d. 1960: "for his important achievement both in contemporary lyrical poetry and in the field of the great Russian epic tradition" (Accepted first, later caused by the authorities of his country t
Peace
PIRE, Rev. DOMINIQUE GEORGES HENRI, Belgium, b. 1910, d. 1969: Father of the Dominican Order, Leader of the relief organization for refugees, l'Europe du Coeur au Service du Monde
Physiology or Medicine
The prize was divided, one half being awarded jointly to: BEADLE, GEORGE WELLS, U.S.A., California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, b. 1903, d. 1989; and TATUM, EDWARD LAWRIE, U.S.A., Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, New Yo
Physics
Institute of USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow, b. 1885, d. 1971: "for the discovery and the interpretation of the Cherenkov effect"
Pulitzer Prizes
Drama
Ketti Frings ... "Look Homeward, Angel"
Fiction
James Agee ... "A Death in the Family"
History
Bray Hammond ... "Banks and Politics in America - From the Revolution to the Civil War" International Reporting: Staff ... "New York Times" National Reporting: Relman Morin ... "Associated Press" & Clark Mollenhoff ... "Des Moines Register & Tribune"
Public Service
"Arkansas Gazettte"