The 1920s: The Arts: Awards
American Decades
THE 1920s: THE ARTS: AWARDS
American Academy AND Institute OF Arts AND Letters Gold Medal
1922
Eugene O'Neill—drama
1923
Edwin H. Blashfield —painting
1924
Edith Wharton —fiction
1925
William C. Brownell —essays and belles lettres
1927
William M. Sloane —history and biography
1928
George W. Chadwick —music
1929
Edwin Arlington Robinson —poetry
John Newbery Medal (Children's Books)
1922
The Story of Mankind, by Hendrik Van Loon
1923
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, by Hugh Lofting
1924
Dark Frigate, by Charles Hawes
1925
Tales from Silver Lands, by Charles Finger
1926
Shen of the Sea, by Arthur Chrisman
1927
Smoky, the Cowhorse, by Will James
1928
Gay Neck, by Dhan Mukerji
1929
The Trumpeter of Krakow, by Eric P. Kelly
PULITZER PRIZES
1920
Biography or Autobiography: The Life of John Marshall, by Albert J. Beveridge
Drama: Beyond the Horizon, by Eugene O'Neill
History: The War with Mexico, by Justin H. Smith
1921
Biography or Autobiography: The Americanization of Edward Bok, by Edward Bok
Drama: Miss Lulu Betty by Zona Gale
Fiction: The Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton
History: The Victory at Sea, by William S. Sims and Burton J. Hendrick
1922
Biography or Autobiography: A Daughter of the Middle Border, by Hamlin Garland
Drama: Anna Christie, by Eugene O'Neill
Fiction: Alice Adams, by Booth Tarkington
History: The Founding of New England, by James Truslow Adams
Poetry: Collected Poems, by Edwin Arlington Robinson
1923
Biography or Autobiography: The Life and Letters of Walter Hines Page, by Burton J. Hendrick
Drama: Icebound, by Owen Davis
Fiction: One of Ours, by Willa Cather
History: The Supreme Court of the United States, by Charles Warren
Poetry: The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver and A Few Figs from Thistles, by Edna St. Vincent Millay
1924
Biography or Autobiography: From Immigrant to Inventor, by Michael Pupin
Drama: Hell-Bent fer Heaven, by Hatcher Hughes
Fiction: The Able McLaughlins, by Margaret Wilson
History: The American Revolution, by Charles H. McIlwain
Poetry: New Hampshire, by Robert Frost
1925
Biography or Autobiography: Barrett Wendell and His Letters, by M. A. DeWolfe Howe
Drama: They Knew What They Wanted, by Sidney Howard
Fiction: So Big, by Edna Ferber
History: A History of the American Frontier, by Frederic L. Paxson
Poetry: The Man Who Died Twice, by Edwin Arlington Robinson
1926
Biography or Autobiography: The Life of Sir William Osler, by Harvey Cushing
Drama: Craig's Wife, by George Kelly
Fiction: Arrowsmith, by Sinclair Lewis (declined)
History: The History of the United States, by Edward Channing
Poetry: What's O'Clock, by Amy Lowell
1927
Biography or Autobiography: Whitman, by Emery Holloway
Drama: In Abraham's Bosom, by Paul Green
Fiction: Early Autumn, by Louis Bromfield
History: Pinckney's Treaty, by Samuel Flagg Bemis
Poetry: Fiddler's Farewell, by Leonora Speyer
1928
Biography or Autobiography: The American Orchestra and Theodore Thomas, by Charles E. Russell
Drama: Strange Interlude, by Eugene O'Neill
Fiction: The Bridge of San Luis Rey, by Thornton Wilder
History: Main Currents in American Thought, by Vernon Louis Parrington
Poetry: Tristram, by Edwin Arlington Robinson
1929
Biography or Autobiography: The Training of an American: The Earlier Life and Letters of Walter Hines Page, by Burton J. Hendrick
Drama: Street Scene, by Elmer Rice
Fiction: Scarlet Sister Mary, by Julia Peterkin
History: The Organization and Administration of the Union Army, by Fred Albert Shannon
Poetry: John Brown's Body, by Stephen Vincent Benêt
Academy OF Motion Picture Arts AND Sciences Awards (THE oscars)
1927-1928
Actor: Emil Jannings, The Way of All Flesh and The Last Command
Actress: Janet Gaynor, Seventh Heaven, Street Angela, and Sunrise
Director: Frank Borzage, Seventh Heaven; Lewis Milestone, Two Arabian Nights
Picture: Wings (Paramount)
1928-1929
Actor: Warner Baxter, In Old Arizona
Actress: Mary Pickford, Coquette
Director: Frank Lloyd, The Divine Lady
Picture: The Broadway Melody (M-G-M)
1929-1930
Actor: George Arliss, Disraeli
Actress: Norma Shearer, The Divorcee
Director: Lewis Milestone, All Quiet on the Western Front
Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front (Universal)
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