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#onthisday, 1847, Joseph Pulitzer was born in Mako, Hungary into a prosperous Jewish family. He would go on to be a titan of American publishing whose name would forever be associated with prizes awarded for outstanding achievements in journalism, poetry and literature.He immigrated to the United States at the age of 17 in 1864, after the collapse of the family business, with little money in his pocket. He fought for the Union Army during the Civil War and afterward struggled through jobs as a whaler, waiter, stableman and railroad office worker.In the tradition of many Jewish immigrants to the US, Pulitzer devoted his spare time to education and the gradual learning of English. And like other immigrants from the mid-century, he found a professional home beyond the Jewish-centered life of the East coast, settling in St. Louis and befriending many of its most esteemed citizens, men like Carl Schurz. Impressing this community with his intellect and writing, Pulitzer was drawn into St. Louis politics, where he began a career devoted to reformist government, first as a liberal Republican and then, after 1876, a Democrat. He served in the Missouri state legislature.Ultimately, Pulitzer was drawn toward journalism, first as a reporter and then as a publisher after purchasing the St. Louis Dispatch and merging it with the St. Louis Post in 1878. In 1883, Pulitzer purchased the New York World and left the Midwest to live in New York. The World, like the Post-Dispatch, prospered from Pulitzer’s yellow-shaded approach to journalism with its focus on emotionalism, scandal and crime.After being elected to the US House of Representatives in 1884, Pulitzer left Congress a year later to oversee his increasingly powerful newspaper world.After his death in 1911, money bequeathed by Pulitzer to Columbia University and the University of Missouri helped establish what would become two of the nation’s most prestigious schools of journalism. His legacy has also been sustained by the awards named in his honor, first presented in 1917 under the auspices of Columbia University.#jewish #jewishhistory #pulitzer #pulitzerprize

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