Who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1960?

Letters, Drama, and Music

Fiction: The Edge of Sadness by Edwin O'Connor

Drama: How To Succeed In Business Without Really Tryingby Frank Loesser and Abe Burrows

History: The Triumphant Empire: Thunder-Clouds Gather in the West 1763-1766 by Lawrence H. Gipson

Biography or Autobiography: (No Award)

Poetry: Poems by Alan Dugan

General Nonfiction: The Making of the President 1960 by Theodore H. White

Music: The Crucible by Robert Ward, based on the play by Arthur Miller.

Journalism

Public Service: Panama City News-Herald

Local Reporting; Edition Time: Robert D. Mulllins of Deseret News, Salt Lake City, UT

Local Reporting; No Edition Time: George Bliss of Chicago Tribune

National Reporting: Nathan G. Caldwell and Gene S. Graham of Nashville Tennessean

International Reporting: Walter Lippmann of New York Herald Tribune Syndicate

Editorial Writing: Thomas M. Storke of Santa Barbara News-Press

Editorial Cartooning: Edmund S. Valtman of The Hartford Times

Photography: Paul Vathis of Associated Press, For the photograph "Serious Steps"