For a distinguished biography or autobiography by an American author published during the year, preferably on an American subject, One thousand dollars ($1,000).
Robert Frost: The Years of Triumph, 1915 -1938 , by Lawrance Thompson (Holt )
The Jury
The Jury
John Barkham(Chair)
Critic, Saturday Review Syndicate
Walter Jackson Bate*
Abbot Lawrence Lowell Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University
Barbara W. Tuchman*
Author
Winners in Biography
1971 Prize Winners
William A. Caldwell
For his commentary in his daily column.
Harold C. Schonberg
For his music criticism during 1970.
Paul Conrad
For his editorial cartooning during 1970.