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Premios · Premio PulitzerPrimero

First Jewish Recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama

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Elmer RicePersona

Valor del récord

12 May 1929

País representado: Estados UnidosLugar del logro: Nueva York, Nueva York, Estados UnidosFecha del logro: 12 de mayo de 1929Récord vigente

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Portrait of playwright Elmer Rice around 1920.

Elmer Rice, Pulitzer Prize-winning American Jewish playwright, circa 1920.George Grantham Bain Collection / Library of Congress / Wikimedia CommonsFuenteDominio público

Definición oficial del récord

The earliest Jewish playwright to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Metodología de medición

Pulitzer Drama winner chronology combined with a Jewish-recipient chronology.

Punto de medición: Announcement of 1929 Pulitzer Prize for Drama winners, not physical handover

Historia del récord

Elmer Rice, born Elmer Leopold Reizenstein in New York City, became the first verified Jewish recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama when his play Street Scene won in 1929. The play premiered at the Playhouse Theatre on 10 January 1929 and portrays the lives of immigrant and working-class neighbours outside a New York tenement. Rice's drama explored tension, aspiration and prejudice through the intertwined experiences of its urban characters. The official Pulitzer Prize archive confirms Rice and Street Scene as the Drama winner for 1929.

Contemporary newspaper reporting establishes the announcement date more precisely than the Pulitzer winners list: The New York Times of Monday, 13 May 1929 said the winners had been announced the previous day, Sunday, 12 May. JWR therefore records 12 May 1929 as the announcement date, not as a documented physical presentation of a medal or certificate. The Pulitzer organization explains that before 1984 it did not hold a regular awards ceremony, and most winners received their awards by mail after the announcement. Rice's recognition helped establish Street Scene as a defining American drama. Later adaptations included a 1931 motion picture and a 1947 opera with music by Kurt Weill and lyrics by Langston Hughes.

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Vídeo del récord
Shepherd School of Opera presents Street Scene — Rice University introduces the later opera adaptation of Elmer Rice’s 1929 Pulitzer Prize-winning play. This is an adaptation, not original 1929 footage.

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Fecha de verificación
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Evidencia del logro

Pulitzer Prize official archive confirms Elmer L. Rice won Drama in 1929 for Street Scene. Contemporary New York Times report dated Monday 13 May 1929 states the Pulitzer winners were announced yesterday, therefore Sunday 12 May 1929. The exact date of physical delivery is not documented; Pulitzer FAQ confirms no regular award ceremony prior to 1984 and awards were usually mailed after announcement.

Evidencia de superioridad

JINFO's Jewish Pulitzer Drama chronology begins with Elmer Rice in 1929; JTA contemporaneously and retrospectively identifies Rice as an American-Jewish/Jewish playwright.

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  • Elmer Rice, Noted American-jewish Playwright, Dies in London — Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Verificación del logro y del récord

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  • Elmer L. Rice — 1929 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Drama — The Pulitzer Prizes
  • Elmer Rice2 — Library of Congress / Wikimedia Commons
  • 1928 Pulitzer Prize for Peterkin Novel — 1929 prizes announced yesterday — The New York Times
  • All Winners to Take Their Pulitzer Prizes — The New York Times
  • Elmer Rice papers and biographical history — Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin
  • Ghetto Pastoral: Street Scene, Jews, and the Transformation of American Folklore — Eli N. Evans Lecture in Jewish Studies / YouTube
  • Pulitzer Prizes — Frequently Asked Questions — The Pulitzer Prizes

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  • Jewish Recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama — JINFO

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Lugar del logro
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