1981 Pulitzer Prize
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Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Frederick Buechner |
Godric
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| William Keepers Maxwell |
So Long, See You Tomorrow
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| John Kennedy Toole |
A Confederacy of Dunces
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Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
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| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
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The Charlotte Observer
For its series on "Brown Lung: A Case of Deadly Neglect." |
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Press-Telegram
For its series on unnecessary deaths due to inadequate emergency room care in Los Angeles County. |
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The Tennessean
For its reporting on the national resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Robert B. Lowe |
For their investigation of the University of Arizona Athletic Department. |
| Clark Hallas |
For their investigation of the University of Arizona Athletic Department. |
| Richard Morin |
For their series \"Key West: Smugglers' Island.\" |
| Carl Hiaasen |
For their series \"Key West: Smugglers' Island.\" |
| Susan Sachs |
For their series \"Key West: Smugglers' Island.\" |
| Pam Zekman |
For their series on accident swindlers. |
| Gene Mustain |
For their series on accident swindlers. |
| Gilbert Jimenez |
For their series on accident swindlers. |
| Norma Sosa |
For their series on accident swindlers. |
| Larry Cose |
For their series on accident swindlers. |
| John Whit |
For their series on accident swindlers. |
| Patricia Smith |
For their series on accident swindlers. |
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Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| John M. Crewdson |
For his coverage of illegal aliens and immigration. |
| Jonathan Neumann |
For their series on government contracts. |
| Ted Gup |
For their series on government contracts. |
| Joseph Volz |
For their series on the state of U.S. military preparedness. |
| Richard Edmonds |
For their series on the state of U.S. military preparedness. |
| Bob Herbert |
For their series on the state of U.S. military preparedness. |
| Alton Slagle |
For their series on the state of U.S. military preparedness. |
| Donald Barlett |
For their series \"Energy Anarchy.\" |
| James Steele |
For their series \"Energy Anarchy.\" |
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Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Shirley Christian |
For her dispatches from Central America. |
| Richard Ben Cramer |
For his coverage of the Afghanistan rebellion. |
| Randall Richard |
For his coverage of illegal drug activity in Colombia. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Teresa Carpenter |
For her account of the death of actress-model Dorothy Stratten. |
| Madeleine Blais |
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| Douglas J. Swanson |
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Pulitzer Prize for Commentary
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Richard Cohen |
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| Howard Rosenberg |
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| Dave Anderson |
For his commentary on sports. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Criticism
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Jonathan Yardley |
For his book reviews. |
| Henry Kisor |
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| Allan Temko |
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Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Mike Peters |
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| Jules Feiffer |
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| Paul Szep |
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Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Taro M. Yamasaki |
For his photographs of Jackson State Prison, Michigan. |
| Paul Beaver |
For his photographs of the Mississippi Delta Region. |
| Michael C. Hayman |
For his photographs of automobile workers. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Ronald Steel |
Walter Lippmann and the American Century
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| Robert K. Massie |
Peter the Great: His Life and World
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| Justin Kaplan |
Walt Whitman: A Life
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Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| James Schuyler |
The Morning of the Poem
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| Richard Hugo |
The Right Madness on Skye
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| Mark Strand |
Selected Poems
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Pulitzer Prize for History
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| David M. Kennedy |
Over Here: The First World War and American Society
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| Lyle Koehler |
A Search for Power: The 'Weaker Sex' in Seventeenth Century New England
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| Lawrence Cremin |
American Education: The National Experience, 1783-1876
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Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Carl Emil Schorske |
Fin-de-Siècle Vienna
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| Marshall Frady |
Southerners, a journalist's odyssey
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| Maxine Hong Kingston |
China Men
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| William Manchester |
Good-Bye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War
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Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting
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Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Larry C. Price |
For his photographs from Liberia. |
| David Tenenbaum |
For his picture of the flag-draped hockey goalie Jim Craig at the 1980 Olympics. |
| Roger A. Werth |
For his photographs of Mt. St. Helens. |
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