Pulitzer Prize - 1979 | Winners & Nominees

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1979 Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction John Cheever Honored for : The Stories of John Cheever
Pulitzer Prize for Drama Sam Shepard Honored for : Buried Child
Pulitzer Prize for Public Service The Point Reyes Light (For its investigation of Synanon.)
Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting Elliot G. Jaspin, Gilbert M. Gaul ([Local Investigative Specialized Reporting] For stories on the destruction of the Blue Coal Company by men with ties to organized crime.)
Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting James Risser (For a series on farming damage to the environment.)
Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting Richard Ben Cramer (For reports from the Middle East.)
Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing Jon Franklin (For an account of brain surgery.)
Pulitzer Prize for Commentary Russell Baker
Pulitzer Prize for Criticism Paul Gapp (For architectural criticism.)
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing Edwin Yoder
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning Herblock (For the body of his work.)
Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography Boston Herald (For photographic coverage of the blizzard of 1978.)
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography Leonard Baker Honored for : Days of Sorrow and Pain: Leo Baeck and the Berlin Jews
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry Robert Penn Warren Honored for : Now and Then
Pulitzer Prize for History Don E. Fehrenbacher Honored for : The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics
Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction E. O. Wilson Honored for : On Human Nature
Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting San Diego Evening Tribune ([Local General or Spot News Reporting] For its coverage of the collision of a Pacific Southwest air liner with a small plane over its city.)
Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography Thomas J. Kelly III (For a series called Tragedy on Sanatoga Road.)
Pulitzer Prize for Music Joseph Schwantner Honored for : Aftertones of Infinity

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1979 Pulitzer Prize

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1979 Pulitzer Prize

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Honored for : The Stories of John Cheever

Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Honored for : Buried Child

Pulitzer Prize for Public Service

The Point Reyes Light

Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting

Elliot G. Jaspin, Gilbert M. Gaul

Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting

Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting

Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing

Pulitzer Prize for Commentary

Pulitzer Prize for Criticism

Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing

Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning

Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography

Boston Herald

Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography

Honored for : Days of Sorrow and Pain: Leo Baeck and the Berlin Jews

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Honored for : Now and Then

Pulitzer Prize for History

Honored for : The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics

Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction

Honored for : On Human Nature

Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting

San Diego Evening Tribune

Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography

Pulitzer Prize for Music

Honored for : Aftertones of Infinity

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