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1984 Pulitzer Prize

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1984 Pulitzer Prize

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

William Kennedy

Honored for : Ironweed

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Nominee Nominated Work
William Kennedy Ironweed
Thomas Berger The Feud
Raymond Carver Cathedral
Pulitzer Prize for Drama

David Mamet

Honored for : Glengarry Glen Ross

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Nominee Nominated Work
David Mamet Glengarry Glen Ross
Tina Howe Painting Churches
Sam Shepard Fool for Love
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing

Albert Scardino

(For his series of editorials on various local and state matters.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Albert Scardino
For his series of editorials on various local and state matters.
Jonathan Freedman
For their series of editorials on immigration problems and policies.
Lynne Carrier
For their series of editorials on immigration problems and policies.
Ralph B. Bennett
For their series of editorials on immigration problems and policies.
Lois Wille
For her series of editorials which stressed ways to make Chicago city government more economical and efficient.
Pulitzer Prize for Music

Bernard Rands

Honored for : Canti del Sole

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Nominee Nominated Work
Bernard Rands Canti del Sole
Peter Lieberson Piano Concerto
Pulitzer Prize for Public Service

Los Angeles Times

(For an in-depth examination of southern California's growing Latino community by a team of editors and reporters.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Los Angeles Times
For an in-depth examination of southern California's growing Latino community by a team of editors and reporters.
Detroit Free Press
For a series by Stephen Franklin and Marcia Stepanek that exposed the failure of the automobile industry and the federal government to protect the motoring public from defective cars.
The Fayetteville Times
For the series "And Justice for All?" which revealed failures and favoritism in the Cumberland County (N.C.) District Court System.
Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting

Norman Lockman, Joan Fitz Gerald, Jonathan Kaufman, Gary McMillan, Kenneth Cooper, Kirk Scharfenberg, David Wessel

([Local Investigative Specialized Reporting] For their series examining race relations in Boston, a notable exercise in public service that turned a searching gaze on some of the city's most honored institutions including the Globe itself.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Norman Lockman
For their series examining race relations in Boston, a notable exercise in public service that turned a searching gaze on some the city's most honored institutions including The Globe itself.
Joan Fitz Gerald
For their series examining race relations in Boston, a notable exercise in public service that turned a searching gaze on some the city's most honored institutions including The Globe itself.
Jonathan Kaufman
For their series examining race relations in Boston, a notable exercise in public service that turned a searching gaze on some the city's most honored institutions including The Globe itself.
Gary McMillan
For their series examining race relations in Boston, a notable exercise in public service that turned a searching gaze on some the city's most honored institutions including The Globe itself.
Kenneth Cooper
For their series examining race relations in Boston, a notable exercise in public service that turned a searching gaze on some the city's most honored institutions including The Globe itself.
Kirk Scharfenberg
For their series examining race relations in Boston, a notable exercise in public service that turned a searching gaze on some the city's most honored institutions including The Globe itself.
David Wessel
For their series examining race relations in Boston, a notable exercise in public service that turned a searching gaze on some the city's most honored institutions including The Globe itself.
Clark Hallas
For their investigation into production problems and mismanagement at the Hughes Aircraft Company's Tucson plant.
John S. Long
For their investigation into production problems and mismanagement at the Hughes Aircraft Company's Tucson plant.
David C. McCumber
For their investigation into production problems and mismanagement at the Hughes Aircraft Company's Tucson plant.
Peter Rinearson
For \"Making It Fly,\" his account of the new Boeing 757 jetliner. (Moved by the Board to the Feature Writing category.)
Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting

John Noble Wilford

(For reporting on a wide variety of scientific topics of national import.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Noble Wilford
For reporting on a wide variety of scientific topics of national import.
Benjamin Weiser
For his series on the difficulties doctors face in making life-and-death decisions regarding their patients.
George Getschow
For his series \"Dirty Work,\" which disclosed the existence of temporary slave labor camps throughout the southwest United States.
Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting

Karen Elliott House

(For her extraordinary series of interviews with Jordan's King Hussein which correctly anticipated the problems that would confront the Reagan administration's Middle East peace plan.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Karen Elliott House
For her extraordinary series of interviews with Jordan's King Hussein which correctly anticipated the problems that would confront the Reagan administration's Middle East peace plan.
David K. Shipler
For his reporting from Israel which analyzed the mind of the nation.
Morris S. Thompson
For his thorough, first-hand coverage of the island of Grenada before, during and after the U.S. invasion.
Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing

Peter Rinearson

(For Making It Fly, his account of the new Boeing 757 jetliner.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Peter Rinearson
For \"Making It Fly,\" his account of the new Boeing 757 jetliner.
Charles Bowden
For his stories on illegal immigrants, sexual abuse of children and the deaths of two men.
Jay William Hamburg
For a series documenting the world of a young boxer and his manager.
Nancy Tracy
For her moving account of Meg Casey, a victim of premature aging.
Pulitzer Prize for Commentary

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Nominee Nominated Work
Arnold Rosenfeld
Dorothy Storck
Vermont C. Royster
Pulitzer Prize for Criticism

Paul Goldberger

(For architectural criticism.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Paul Goldberger
For architectural criticism.
Dan Cryer
For his book reviews.
Ken Tucker
For pop music criticism.
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning

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Nominee Nominated Work
Paul Conrad
Steve Benson
Don Wright
Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography

Anthony Suau

(For a series of photographs which depict the tragic effects of starvation in Ethiopia and For a single photograph of a woman at her husband's gravesite on Memorial Day.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Anthony Suau
For a series of photographs which depict the tragic effects of starvation in Ethiopia and For a single photograph of a woman at her husband's gravesite on Memorial Day.
Stan Grossfeld
For his series of unusual photographs which reveal the effects of war on the people of Lebanon. (Moved by the Board to the Spot News Photography category.)
David Woo
For his series of photographs depicting the child victims of war-torn Central America.
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography

Louis R. Harlan

Honored for : Booker T. Washington: The Wizard of Tuskegee

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Nominee Nominated Work
Louis R. Harlan Booker T. Washington: The Wizard of Tuskegee
Kenneth Manning Black Apollo of Science: The Life of Ernest Everett Just
Fred Kaplan Thomas Carlyle: A Biography
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Mary Oliver

Honored for : American Primitive

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Engels Weather-Fear: New and Selected Poems
Josephine Miles Collected Poems
Mary Oliver American Primitive
Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction

Paul Starr

Honored for : The Social Transformation of American Medicine: The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry

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Nominee Nominated Work
Paul Starr The Social Transformation of American Medicine: The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry
Susan Jacoby Wild Justice
Winston Groom Conversations with the enemy
Duncan Spencer Conversations with the enemy
Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography

Stan Grossfeld

(For his series of unusual photographs which reveal the effects of war on the people of Lebanon.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Stan Grossfeld
For his series of unusual photographs which reveal the effects of war on the people of Lebanon.
Bill Foley
For his dramatic photograph of U.S. Marines rescuing an injured comrade after the terrorist attack on the U.S. Marine compound in Beirut.
James Lott III
For his photograph of a young boy being comforted by a fireman in the aftermath of a neighborhood apartment house blaze.
Mohamed Rawas
For his telling photograph of a grieving Palestinian woman holding a picture of her dead son.
Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards

Dr. Seuss

(For his special contribution over nearly half a century to the education and enjoyment of America's children and their parents.)
Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting

Newsday

([Local General or Spot News Reporting] For their enterprising and comprehensive coverage of the Baby Jane Doe case and its far-reaching social and political implications.)