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THE 1970s: THE ARTS: AWARDS

Pulitzer Prizes

1970

Fiction: Collected Stories, by Jean Stafford

Drama: No Place to Be Somebody, by Charles Gordone

Poetry: Untitiled Subjects, by Richard Howard

Music: Time's Ecomium, by Charles Wuorinen

1971

Fiction: no award

Drama: The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, by Paul Zindel

Poetry: The Carrier of Ladders, by William S. Merwin

Music: Synchronisms No. 6, by Mario Davidovsky

1972

Fiction: Angle of Repose, by Wallace Stegner

Drama: no award

Poetry: Collected Poems, by James Wright

Music: Windows, by Jacob Druckman

1973

Fiction: The Optimist's Daughter, by Eudora Welty

Drama: That Championship Season, by Jason Miller

Poetry: Up Country, by Maxine W. Kumin

Music: String Quartet III, by Elliott Carter

1974

Fiction: no award

Drama: no award

Poetry: The Dolphin, by Robert Lowell

Music: Notturno, by Donald Martino

1975

Fiction: The Killer Angels, by Michael Shaara

Drama: Seascape, by Edward Albee

Poetry: Turtle Island, by Gary Snyder

Music: From the Diary of Virginia Woolf, by Dominick Argento

1976

Fiction: Humboldt's Gift, by Saul Bellow

Drama: A Chorus Line, by Michael Bennett, Nicholas

Dante, Marvin Hamlisch, James Kirkwood, and Edward Kleban

Poetry: Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror, byjohn Ashbery

Music: Air Music, by Ned Rorem

1977

Fiction: no award

Drama: The Shadow Box, by Michael Cristofer

Poetry: Divine Comedies, by James Merrill

Music: Visions of Terror and Wonder, by Richard Warrick

1978 Fiction: Elbow Room, by James Alan McPherson

Drama: The Gin Game, by Donald L. Colburn

Poetry: Collected Poems, by Howard Nemerov

Music: Deja Vu, by Michael Colgrass

1979

Fiction: The Stories of John Cheever, by John Cheever

Drama: Buried Child, by Sam Shepard

Poetry: Now and Then: Poems 1976-1978, by Robert Penn Warren

Music: Aftertones of Infinity, by Joseph Schwantner

Antoinette Perry Awards (Tonys)

1970

Play: Borstal Boy, Frank McMahon

Actor, Dramatic Star: Fritz Weaver, Child's Play

Actress, Dramatic Star: Tammy Grimes, Private Lives

Musical: Applause

Actor, Musical Star: Cleavon Little, Purlie

Actress, Musical Star: Lauren Bacail, Applause

1971

Play: Sleuth, Anthony Shaffer

Actor, Dramatic Star: Brian Bedford, The School for Wives

Actress, Dramatic Star: Maureen Stapleton, Gingerbread Lady

Musical: Company

Actor, Musical Star: Hal Linden, The Rothschilds

Actress, Musical Star: Helen Gallagher, No No Nanette

1972

Play: Sticks and Bones, David Rabe

Actor, Dramatic Star: Cliff Gorman, Lenny

Actress, Dramatic Star: Sada Thompson, Twigs

Musical: Two Gentlemen of Verona

Actor, Musical Star: Phil Silvers, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Actress, Musical Star: Alexis Smith, Follies

1973

Play: That Championship Season, Jason Miller

Actor, Dramatic Star: Alan Bates, Butley

Actress, Dramatic Star: Julie Harris, The Last of Mrs. Lincoln

Musical: A Little Night Music

Actor, Musical Star: Ben Vereen, Pippin

Actress, Musical Star: Glynis Johns, A Little Night Music

1974

Play: The River Niger, Joseph A. Walker

Actor, Dramatic Star: Michael Moriarty, Find Your Way Home

Actress, Dramatic Star: Colleen Dewhurst, A Moon for the Misbegotten

Musical: Raisin

Actor, Musical Star: Christopher Plummer, Cyrano

Actress, Musical Star: Virginia Capers, Raisin

1975

Play: Equus, Peter Shaffer

Actor, Dramatic Star: John Kani, Sizwe Banzi; Winston Ntshona, The Island (tie)

Actress, Dramatic Star: Ellen Burstyn, Same Time Next Year

Musical: The Wiz

Actor, Musical Star: John Cullum, Shenandoah

Actress, Musical Star: Angela Lansbury, Gypsy

1976

Play: Travesties, Tom Stoppard

Actor, Dramatic Star: John Wood, Travesties

Actress, Dramatic Star: Irene Worth, Sweet Bird of Youth

Musical: A Chorus Line

Actor, Musical Star: George Rose, My Fair Lady

Actress, Musical Star: Donna McKechnie, A Chorus Line

1977

Play: The Shadow Box, Michael Cristofer

Actor, Dramatic Star: A1 Pacino, The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel

Actress, Dramatic Star: Julie Harris, The Belle of Amherst

Musical: Annie

Actor, Dramatic Star: Barry Bostwick, The Robber Bridegroom

Actress, Dramatic Star: Dorothy Loudon, Annie

1978

Play: Da, Hugh Leonard

Actor, Dramatic Star: Barnard Hughes, Da

Actress, Dramatic Star: Jessica Tandy, The Gin Game

Musical: Ain't Misbehavin '

Actor, Musical Star: John Cullum, On the Twentieth Century

Actress, Musical Star: Liza Minnelli, The Act

1979

Play: The Elephant Man, Bernard Pomerance

Actor, Dramatic Star: Tom Conti, Whose Life Is It, Anyway?

Actress, Dramatic Star: Constance Cummings, Wings; Carole Shelley, The Elephant Man (tie)

Musical: Sweeney Todd

Actor, Musical Star: Len Cariou, Sweeney Todd

Actress, Musical Star: Angela Lansbury, Sweeney Todd

Academy of Motion picture Arts and Sciences Awards (The Oscars)

1970

Actor: George C. Scott, Patton

Actress: Glenda Jackson, Women in Love

Picture: Patton, 20th Century-Fox

1971

Actor: Gene Hackman, The French Connection

Actress: Jane Fonda, Klute

Picture: The French Connection, 20th Century-Fox

1972

Actor: Marlon Brando, The Godfather

Actress: Liza Minnelli, Cabaret

Picture: The Godfather, Paramount

1973

Actor: Jack Lemmon, Save the Tiger

Actress: Glenda Jackson, A Touch of Class

Picture: The Sting, Universal

1974

Actor: Art Carney, Harry and Tonto

Actress: Ellen Burstyn, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Picture: The Godfather Part II, Paramount

1975

Actor: Jack Nicholson, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Actress: Louise Fletcher, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,* IOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (movie) [One Flew Over]

Picture: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* IOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest~ (movie) [One Flew Over] United Artists

1976

Actor: Peter Finch, Network

Actress: Faye Dunaway, Network

Picture: Rocky, United Artists

1977

Actor: Richard Dreyfuss, The Goodbye Girl

Actress: Diane Keaton, Annie Hall

Picture: Annie Hall, United Artists

1978

Actor: Jon Voight, Coming Home

Actress: Jane Fonda, Coming Home

Picture: The Deer Hunter, Universal

1979

Actor: Dustin Hoffman, Kramer vs. Kramer

Actress: Sally Field, Norma Rae

Picture: Kramer vs. Kramer, Columbia

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