1989 Pulitzer Prize
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Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Raymond Carver |
Where I'm calling from: new and selected stories
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| Anne Tyler |
Breathing Lessons
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Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Wendy Wasserstein |
The Heidi Chronicles
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| David Henry Hwang |
M. Butterfly
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| August Wilson |
The Piano Lesson
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Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Manny Crisostomo |
For his series of photographs. depicting student life at Southwestern High School in Detroit. |
| Donna Bagby |
For her photograph of grieving Dallas police officers at the funeral of a slain patrolman. |
| Frederic Larson |
For his photographs of atomic bomb survivors in Japan. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
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| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
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Anchorage Daily News
For reporting about the high incidence of alcoholism and suicide among native Alaskans in a series that focused attention on their despair and resulted in various reforms. |
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The Times
For its campaign urging reform of the state's public education system, which helped prompt legislation initiating change. |
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
For an investigation by Bill Dedman of the racial discrimination practiced by lending institutions in Atlanta, reporting which led to significant reforms in those policies. |
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The Philadelphia Inquirer
For a 15-month investigation by Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele of "rifle shot" provisions in the Tax Reform Act of 1986, a series which aroused such widespread public indignation that Congress subsequently rejected proposals giving special tax breaks to many politically connected individuals and businesses. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting
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| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Bill Dedman |
For his investigation of the racial discrimination practiced by lending institutions in Atlanta, reporting which led to significant reforms in those policies. |
| Mary Bishop |
For her investigation of dangerous practices and fraud in Virginia's pest control industry. |
| Elsa Walsh |
For a series about how court secrecy procedures have created a system of private justice within the public courts. |
| Benjamin Weiser |
For a series about how court secrecy procedures have created a system of private justice within the public courts. |
| Penny Loeb |
For her reports on a public housing program that allowed prosperous tenants to live in city projects intended for citizens with limited income. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| David Hanners |
For their special report on a 1985 airplane crash, the follow-up investigation, and the implications for air safety. |
| William Snyder |
For their special report on a 1985 airplane crash, the follow-up investigation, and the implications for air safety. |
| Karen Blessen |
For their special report on a 1985 airplane crash, the follow-up investigation, and the implications for air safety. |
| David Shaw |
For his candid and thorough reporting on media practices and practitioners. |
| Bernard Wysocki Jr. |
For stories about America's struggle to maintain its technological superiority over international competitors, especially Japan. |
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Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Donald Barlett |
For their 15-month investigation of \"rifle shot\" provisions in the Tax Reform Act of 1986, a series that aroused such widespread public indignation that Congress subsequently rejected proposals giving special tax breaks to many politically connected individuals and businesses. |
| James Steele |
For their 15-month investigation of \"rifle shot\" provisions in the Tax Reform Act of 1986, a series that aroused such widespread public indignation that Congress subsequently rejected proposals giving special tax breaks to many politically connected individuals and businesses. |
| Scot Lehigh |
For his insightful coverage of the presidential campaign of Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis. |
| Matthew Purdy |
For his reporting on abuses in America's kidney dialysis program. |
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Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Bill Keller |
For resourceful and detailed coverage of events in the U.S.S.R. |
| Glenn Frankel |
For sensitive and balanced reporting from Israel and the Middle East. |
| David Zucchino |
For his richly compelling series, \"Being Black in South Africa.\" (Moved by the Board to the Feature Writing category.) |
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Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Bill Keller |
For resourceful and detailed coverage of events in the U.S.S.R. |
| Glenn Frankel |
For sensitive and balanced reporting from Israel and the Middle East. |
| David Zucchino |
For his richly compelling series, \"Being Black in South Africa.\" (Moved by the Board to the Feature Writing category.) |
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Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| David Zucchino |
For his richly compelling series, 'Being Black in South Africa.' |
| Tad Bartimus |
For her story about the accidental drowning of three brothers and the effect it had on their small Missouri town. |
| Bob Ehlert |
For his stories about a local priest accused of sexual abuse. |
| Loretta Tofani |
For stories about a heroin addict's pregnancy and the birth of her addicted infant. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Commentary
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Clarence Page |
For his provocative columns on local and national affairs. |
| Richard Cohen |
For his clear and controlled commentary on social and political topics. |
| Michael Kinsley |
For informed commentary on a variety of national issues. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting
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| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Edward Humes |
[Specialized Reporting] For his in-depth reporting on the military establishment in Southern California. |
| Dennis Anderson |
[Specialized Reporting] For his stories detailing the problems and abuses that endanger America's waterfowl. |
| Mike Masterson |
[Specialized Reporting] For their stories about risks to elderly Americans from prescription errors, drug interactions and medication abuse. |
| Chuck Cook |
[Specialized Reporting] For their stories about risks to elderly Americans from prescription errors, drug interactions and medication abuse. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Criticism
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Michael Skube |
For his writing about books and other literary topics. |
| Joyce Millman |
For her criticism of television and other subjects. |
| David Richards |
For his theater criticism. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Lois Wille |
For her editorials on a variety of local issues. |
| Bill Bishop |
For an editorial campaign against broad-form deeds in the state which helped convince voters to approve limits on their use. |
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The New York Times
For a series of editorials about the coming generation of children threatened by poverty and about the urgent need for political intervention and reform |
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Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Jack Higgins |
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| Steve Benson |
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| Joel Pett |
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Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Peter Gay |
Freud: A Life For Our Time
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| Richard Ellmann |
Oscar Wilde: Biographie
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| Neil Sheehan |
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
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| Arnold Rampersad |
The Life of Langston Hughes: Volume II, 1941-1967: I Dream a World
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Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Richard Wilbur |
New and Collected Poems
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| Donald Hall |
One Day
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| Garrett Hongo |
The River of Heaven
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Pulitzer Prize for History
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Eric Foner |
Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877
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| Neil Sheehan |
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
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| James M. McPherson |
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
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| Taylor Branch |
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-1963
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Pulitzer Prize for History
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Eric Foner |
Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877
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| Neil Sheehan |
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
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| James M. McPherson |
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
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| Taylor Branch |
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-1963
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Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Howard Kohn |
The Last Farmer
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| McGeorge Bundy |
Danger and Survival
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| Neil Sheehan |
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
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| Timothy Ferris |
Coming of age in the Milky Way
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Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Ron Olshwanger |
For a picture published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch of a firefighter giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a child pulled from a burning building. |
| George Riedel |
For his series of photographs from an airshow disaster in Ramstein, West Germany, where three Italian stunt planes collided in mid-air. |
| Ben Van Hook |
For his photograph of a boy clutching his father at a memorial service for 27 victims of a bus accident in northern Kentucky. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Music
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Roger Reynolds |
Whispers Out of Time
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| Bright Sheng |
H'un (Lacerations): In Memoriam 1966-1976
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| Steven Stucky |
Concerto for Orchestra
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