1982 Pulitzer Prize
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Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| John Updike |
Rabbit Is Rich
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| Marilynne Robinson |
Housekeeping
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| Robert Stone |
A Flag for Sunrise
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Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
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| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
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The Detroit News
For a series by Sydney P. Freedberg and David Ashenfelter which exposed the U.S. Navy's cover-up of circumstances surrounding the deaths of seamen aboard ship and which led to significant reforms in naval procedures. |
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Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
For its series on exploitation of illegal aliens in California's garment industry. |
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New York Daily News
For its series on the crisis in New York's subway system. |
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The Providence Journal
For its series on hazardous working conditions in Rhode Island's jewelry industry. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Paul Henderson |
[Local Investigative Specialized Reporting] For reporting which proved the innocence of a man convicted of rape. |
| Joel Brinkley |
For his series on abuses in Kentucky's coroner system. |
| Sydney P. Freedberg |
For their series which exposed the U.S. Navy's cover-up of circumstances surrounding the deaths of seamen aboard ship and which led to significant reforms in naval procedures. |
| David Ashenfelter |
For their series which exposed the U.S. Navy's cover-up of circumstances surrounding the deaths of seamen aboard ship and which led to significant reforms in naval procedures. |
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Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Rick Atkinson |
For the uniform excellence of his reporting and writing on stories of national import. |
| United Press International |
For its coverage of the attempted assassination of President Reagan. |
| Liz Jeffries |
For their series on live-birth abortions. |
| Rick Edmonds |
For their series on live-birth abortions. |
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Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| John Darnton |
For his reporting from Poland. |
| Ray Moseley |
For his series on the problems of black Africa. |
| Dan Fisher |
For his reporting from Poland. |
| Bob Wyrick |
For his series on the distribution abroad of American-made products in ways that would be held illegal or improper in the U.S. itself. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Saul Pett |
For an article profiling the federal bureaucracy. |
| Erik Lacitis |
For his series on abortion. |
| H. G. Bissinger |
For his account of a near air crash and its aftermath |
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Pulitzer Prize for Commentary
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| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Art Buchwald |
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| William Greider |
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| William Raspberry |
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Pulitzer Prize for Criticism
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Martin Bernheimer |
For classical music criticism. |
| Marvin Kitman |
For television criticism. |
| Donal Henahan |
For music criticism. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Jack Rosenthal |
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| Richard C. McCord |
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| Joe Stroud |
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Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Paul Conrad |
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| Don Wright |
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| Ben Sargent |
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Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| John H. White |
For consistently excellent work on a variety of subjects. |
| Eli Reed |
For photos of life in a public housing project. |
| Walt Stricklin |
For coverage of a family confronting the death of one of its members. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| William S. McFeely |
Grant: A Biography
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| Gay Wilson Allen |
Waldo Emerson
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| David McCullough |
Mornings on Horseback
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Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Dave Smith |
Dream Flights
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| Charles Wright |
The Southern Cross
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| Sylvia Plath |
The Collected Poems
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Pulitzer Prize for History
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| George M. Fredrickson |
White Supremacy
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| Akira Iriye |
Power and Culture
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| C. Vann Woodward |
Mary Chesnut's Civil War
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Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Diana Trilling |
Mrs Harris
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| John McPhee |
Basin and Range
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| Tracy Kidder |
The Soul of a New Machine
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Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting
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Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Ronald A. Edmonds |
For his coverage of the Reagan assassination attempt. |
| Don Rypka |
For a Reagan assassination attempt photo. |
| Tribune Company |
Sun-Sentinel
For coverage of a Haitian refugee boat disaster. |
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Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards
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