Murray Kempton - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	16-December-1917
Place of Birth	Baltimore (Maryland, Baltimore County, United States of America, Area code 410, Area code 443, Area code 667, Area codes 410, 443, and 667)
Nationality	United States of America
Also know as	James Murray Kempton
Profession	Writer, Journalist
James Murray Kempton was an influential American journalist. He won a Pulitzer Prize for journalism in 1985 and won the 1974 U.S. National Book Award in category Contemporary Affairs for The Briar Patch: The People of the State of New York versus Lumumba Shakur, et al.

Awards by Murray Kempton

Check all the awards nominated and won by Murray Kempton.

1986

Grammy Award for Best Album Notes

Honored for : The Voice: Frank Sinatra, the Columbia Years

(album notes writers)

Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Album Notes	The Voice: Frank Sinatra, the Columbia Years

1985

Pulitzer Prize for Commentary

(For witty and insightful reflection on public issues in 1984 and throughout a distinguished career.)

Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Pulitzer Prize for Commentary	For witty and insightful reflection on public issues in 1984 and throughout a distinguished career.

1974

National Book Award for Contemporary Affairs

Honored for : The Briar Patch

Nominations 1974 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
National Book Award for Contemporary Affairs	The Briar Patch

1956

Nominations 1956 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
National Book Award for Nonfiction	Part of Our Time

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