1980 Pulitzer Prize
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Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Douglas Hofstadter |
Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid
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Lewis Thomas |
The Medusa and the Snail
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Sandra Gilbert |
The Madwoman in the Attic
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Susan Gubar |
The Madwoman in the Attic
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Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Norman Mailer |
The Executioner's Song
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Philip Roth |
The Ghost Writer
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William Wharton |
Birdy
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Pulitzer Prize for Music
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
David Del Tredici |
In Memory of a Summer Day
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Lukas Foss |
Quintets for Orchestra
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Morton Subotnick |
After the Butterfly
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Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
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Gannett News Service For its series on financial contributions to the Pauline Fathers. |
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The Miami Herald For disclosures of medical incompetence, malfeasance and abuse. |
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The Miami Herald For its series on police brutality. |
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The Philadelphia Inquirer For a series on toxic waste. |
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The St. Petersburg Times For its investigation of the Church of Scientology. (Moved by the Board to the National Reporting category.) |
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Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Nils Bruzelius |
For articles on Boston's transit system. |
Joan Vennochi |
For articles on Boston's transit system. |
Stephen A. Kurkjian |
For articles on Boston's transit system. |
Robert M. Porterfield |
For articles on Boston's transit system. |
Alexander B. Hawes Jr. |
For articles on Boston's transit system. |
Carole E. Agus |
For investigation of a Long Island sewer scandal. |
Andrew V. Fetherston Jr. |
For investigation of a Long Island sewer scandal. |
Frederick J. Tuccillo |
For investigation of a Long Island sewer scandal. |
Charles R. Cook |
For expose of shoddy waste disposal practices. |
James S. Carlton |
For expose of shoddy waste disposal practices. |
Judy Grande |
For investigation of the handling of local murders. |
Brian Gallagher |
For investigation of the handling of local murders. |
Lewis M. Simons |
For a series on fraud in a large black self-help program. |
Ron Shaffer |
For a series on fraud in a large black self-help program. |
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Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Bette Swenson Orsini |
For their investigation of the Church of Scientology. |
Charles Stafford |
For their investigation of the Church of Scientology. |
Joseph P. Albright |
For a series on energy. |
George Anthan |
For a series on disappearing farmland. |
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Los Angeles Times For a series on chemicals in the environment, "Poisoning of America." |
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Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Joel Brinkley |
For stories from Cambodia. |
Jay Mather |
For stories from Cambodia. |
Peter Arnett |
On the world's homeless. |
Fox Butterfield |
For dispatches from China. |
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Los Angeles Times For coverage of Iran. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Madeleine Blais |
For \"Zepp's Last Stand.\" |
Bonnie M. Anderson |
For \"Execution of My Father.\" |
John Sandford |
For a series on Indians. |
Saul Pett |
On the snail darter. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Commentary
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Ellen Goodman |
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Richard Reeves |
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Carl Rowan |
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Pulitzer Prize for Criticism
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
William A. Henry III |
For critical writing about television. |
William C. Glackin |
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William K. Robertson |
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Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
John Alexander |
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Alfred Ames |
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Joan Beck |
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Bruce C. Davidson |
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Anne C. Wyman |
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Thomas Oliphant |
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Tom Dearmore |
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Robert L. Bartley |
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Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Don Wright |
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Dick Locher |
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Paul Szep |
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Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Erwin H. Hagler |
For a series on the Western cowboy. |
David A. Kryszak |
For a series on children of Cambodia. |
John J. Sunderland |
For a series on living and dying in a hospice. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Meryle Secrest |
Being Bernard Berenson
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Geoffrey Wolff |
The Duke Of Deception: Memories of My Father
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Ernest Samuels |
Bernard Berenson: The Making of a Connoisseur
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Edmund Morris |
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
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Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Richard Hugo |
Selected Poems
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Dave Smith |
Goshawk, Antelope
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Donald Justice |
Selected Poems
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Pulitzer Prize for History
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Gary B. Nash |
The Urban Crucible
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John D. Unruh, Jr. |
The Plains Across
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Leon Litwack |
Been in the Storm So Long
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Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting
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Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Jahangir Razmi |
For the photograph \"Firing Squad in Iran\" that was distributed by United Press International. The photographer remained anonymous until his identity was revealed, with his consent, by Josh Prager of The Wall Street Journal in 2006. |
Robert L. Gay |
For a series on a crazed veteran and a churchful of hostages. |
Michael Haering |
For a shot of a girl being struck by a car at a street demonstration in Beverly Hills. |
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