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Literary Pulitzer Prize Winners

The literary Pulitzer Prize awards were recently announced. Paul Harding won the top Fiction prize for his novel,
Tinkers. You can see a complete list of the finalists
here. Here is a list of the finalists.
Photo: Paul Harding
Posted on April 25, 2010
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2008 Pulitzer Prize Winners Announced
Columbia University has announced the 2008 Pulitzer Prizes, awarded on the recommendation of the Pulitzer Prize Board. Here are the winnners.
JOURNALISM
Public Service -- The Washington Post
Breaking News Reporting -- The Washington Post Staff
Investigative Reporting -- Walt Bogdanich and Jake Hooker of The New York Times and The Chicago Tribune Staff
Explanatory Reporting -- Amy Harmon of The New York Times
Local Reporting -- David Umhoefer of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
National Reporting -- Jo Becker and Barton Gellman of The Washington Post
International Reporting -- Steve Fainaru of The Washington Post
Feature Writing -- Gene Weingarten of The Washington Post
Commentary -- Steven Pearlstein of The Washington Post
Criticism -- Mark Feeney of The Boston Globe
Editorial Writing -- No Award
Editorial Cartooning -- Michael Ramirez of Investor's Business Daily
Breaking News Photography -- Adrees Latif of Reuters
Feature Photography -- Preston Gannaway of the Concord (N.H.) Monitor
LETTERS AND DRAMA
Fiction -- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (Riverhead Books)
Drama -- August: Osage County by Tracy Letts
History -- What Hath God Wrought: the Transformation of America, 1815-1848 by Daniel Walker Howe (Oxford University Press)
Biography -- Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father by John Matteson (W.W. Norton)
Poetry -- Time and Materials by Robert Hass (Ecco/HarperCollins) and Failure by Philip Schultz (Harcourt)
General Nonfiction -- The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945 by Saul Friedlander (HarperCollins)
MUSIC
"The Little Match Girl Passion" by David Lang, premiered October 25, 2007 at Carnegie Hall, New York City. (G. Schirmer, Inc.)
SPECIAL CITATION
Bob Dylan
Posted on April 8, 2008
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2006 Pulitzer Prize Winners Announced
The 2006 Pulitzer Prize winners have been announced. The winners are listed below. A winners list on the official pulitzer.org also has details about each of the winners. The Write News has an article about the public service winners for Hurricane Katrina coverage.
Journalism
Public Service: The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. and The Times-Picayune, New Orleans
Breaking News Reporting: Staff of The Times-Picayune, New Orleans
Investigative Reporting: Susan Schmidt, James V. Grimaldi and R. Jeffrey Smith of The Washington Post
Explanatory Reporting: David Finkel of The Washington Post
Beat Reporting: Dana Priest of The Washington Post
National Reporting: James Risen and Eric Lichtblau of The New York Times
andStaffs of The San Diego Union-Tribune and Copley News Service
International Reporting: Joseph Kahn and Jim Yardley of The New York Times
Feature Writing: Jim Sheeler of the Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colo.
Commentary: Nicholas D. Kristof of The New York Times
Criticism: Robin Givhan of The Washington Post
Editorial Writing: Rick Attig and Doug Bates of The Oregonian, Portland
Editorial Cartooning: Mike Luckovich of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Breaking News Photography: The Dallas Morning News Staff
Feature Photography: Todd Heisler of the Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colo.
Letters and Drama
Fiction: March by Geraldine Brooks (Viking)
Drama: No Award
History: Polio: An American Story by David M. Oshinsky (Oxford University Press)
Biography: American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin (Alfred A. Knopf)
Poetry: Late Wife by Claudia Emerson (Louisiana State University Press)
General Non-Fiction: Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain’s Gulag in Kenya by Caroline Elkins (Henry Holt)
Music
Piano Concerto: 'Chiavi in Mano' by Yehudi Wyner, premiered February 17, 2005 by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. (Associated Music Publishers, Inc.)
Special Citations: Edmund S. Morgan and Thelonious Monk
Posted on May 5, 2006
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2005 Pulitzer Prizes Winners Announced
The 2005 Pulitzer Prizes have been announced.
More than 2,000 entries are submitted each year in the Pulitzer Prize
competitions, and only 21 awards are normally made. The awards are the
culmination of a year-long process that begins early in the year with
the appointment of 102 distinguished judges who serve on 20 separate
juries and are asked to make three nominations in each of the 21
categories. A list of the winners can be found below.
The Pulitzer Prize website offers more information about each award and each individual award winner.
Public Service: Los Angeles Times
Breaking News Reporting: Staff of The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J.
Investigative Reporting: Nigel Jaquiss of Willamette Week, Portland, Ore.
Explanatory Reporting: Gareth Cook of The Boston Globe
Beat Reporting: Amy Dockser Marcus of The Wall Street Journal
National Reporting: Walt Bogdanich of The New York Times
International Reporting: Two Prizes: Kim Murphy of the Los Angeles Times and Dele Olojede of Newsday, Long Island, N.Y.
Feature Writing: Julia Keller of the Chicago Tribune
Commentary: Connie Schultz of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland
Criticism: Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal
Editorial Writing: Tom Philp of The Sacramento Bee
Editorial Cartooning: Nick Anderson of The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky.
Breaking News Photography: Associated Press Staff
Feature Photography: Deanne Fitzmaurice of the San Francisco Chronicle
Fiction: Gilead by Marilynne Robinson (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
Drama: Doubt, a parable by John Patrick Shanley
History: Washington's Crossing by David Hackett Fischer (Oxford University Press)
Biography: de Kooning: An American Master by Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan (Alfred A. Knopf)
Poetry: Delights and Shadows by Ted Kooser (Copper Canyon Press)
General Nonfiction: Ghost Wars by Steve Coll (The Penguin Press)
Music: Second Concerto for Orchestra by Steven Stucky (Theodore Presser Company)
Posted on April 5, 2005
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