1999 Pulitzer Prize
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Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Mark Strand |
Blizzard of One
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| Alice Notley |
Mysteries of Small Houses
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| Frederick Seidel |
Going Fast
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Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Russell Banks |
Cloudsplitter: A Novel
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| Barbara Kingsolver |
The Poisonwood Bible
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| Michael Cunningham |
The Hours
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Pulitzer Prize for History
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| William E. Burrows |
This New Ocean
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| Paula Marks |
In a Barren Land
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| Edwin G. Burrows |
Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898
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| Mike Wallace |
Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898
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Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Margaret Edson |
Wit
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| Cornelius Eady |
Running Man
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| Diedre Murray |
Running Man
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| Warren Leight |
Side Man
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Pulitzer Prize for Music
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Melinda Wagner |
Concerto for Flute, Strings, and Percussion
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| David Rakowski |
Persistent Memory
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| Stanis?aw Skrowaczewski |
Concerto for Orchestra
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Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
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| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
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The Washington Post
For its series that identified and analyzed patterns of reckless gunplay by city police officers who had little training or supervision. |
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The Boston Globe
For the work of Dolores Kong and Robert Whitaker that disclosed how, for decades, psychiatric researchers callously performed drug experiments on mentally ill patients. |
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The Philadelphia Inquirer
For its series that explained how local police routinely manipulated crime statistics to make the city appear safer. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
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The Miami Herald
For its detailed reporting that revealed pervasive voter fraud in a city mayoral election that was subsequently overturned. |
| Alix M. Freedman |
For her reporting that revealed how a controversial chemical sterilization technique was exported by American population control advocates and used on women in Third World countries, a disclosure that prompted significant reforms. |
| Fred Schulte |
For their investigation of the hidden dangers of cosmetic surgery, a growing yet largely unregulated medical industry. |
| Jenni Bergal |
For their investigation of the hidden dangers of cosmetic surgery, a growing yet largely unregulated medical industry. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Richard Read |
For vividly illustrating the domestic impact of the Asian economic crisis by profiling the local industry that exports frozen french fries. |
| Tom Brune |
For his revealing analysis of the Washington state initiative on affirmative action that challenged accepted notions about practices that had been in place for three decades. |
| William Carlsen |
For their compelling series chronicling the epidemic of health risks associated with the reckless use of unsafe hypodermic needles. |
| Reynolds Holding |
For their compelling series chronicling the epidemic of health risks associated with the reckless use of unsafe hypodermic needles. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
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Hartford Courant
For its clear and detailed coverage of a shooting rampage in which a state lottery worker killed four supervisors then himself. |
| Jonesboro Sun |
For its aggressive yet responsible coverage of a shooting at a local middle school in which two boys killed a teacher and four classmates and wounded 10 others. |
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The Miami Herald
For its coverage of a 12-year-old boy's electrocution at a county bus shelter and the breaking news developments in the subsequent investigation of the shelter's faulty wiring, which likely caused the boy's death. |
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Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting
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| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
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The Wall Street Journal
For its in-depth, analytical coverage of the Russian financial crisis. |
| David E. Hoffman |
For his gripping stories on the dangerous legacy of chemical and nuclear weapons in post-communist Russia. |
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The New York Times
For its comprehensive coverage of the bombings of American embassies in Africa, which revealed crucial lapses in intelligence and security. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Angelo B. Henderson |
For his portrait of a druggist who is driven to violence by his encounters with armed robbery, illustrating the lasting effects of crime. |
| Tom Hallman Jr. |
For his unique profile of a man struggling to recover from a brain injury. |
| Eric L. Wee |
For his moving account of a Washington lawyer whose collection of postcards helps to preserve his memories of a fleetingly happy childhood. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Commentary
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Maureen Dowd |
For her fresh and insightful columns on the impact of President Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky. |
| Nat Hentoff |
For his passionate columns championing free expression and individual rights. |
| Donald Kaul |
For his witty columns from Washington on politics and other national issues. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Chuck Philips |
For their stories on corruption in the entertainment industry, including a charity sham sponsored by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, illegal detoxification programs for wealthy celebrities, and a resurgence of radio payola. |
| Michael A. Hiltzik |
For their stories on corruption in the entertainment industry, including a charity sham sponsored by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, illegal detoxification programs for wealthy celebrities, and a resurgence of radio payola. |
| Barton Gellman |
For his penetrating coverage of the inner workings of the United Nations Special Commission as it sought to impact and disarm Iraqi weapons. |
| Blair Kamin |
For his lucid coverage of city architecture, including an influential series supporting the development of Chicago's lakefront area. (Originally submitted in Criticism and returned by the Board to that category.) |
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Pulitzer Prize for Criticism
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Blair Kamin |
For his lucid coverage of city architecture, including an influential series supporting the development of Chicago's lakefront area. |
| Henry Allen |
For his illuminating criticism of photography and painting. |
| Gail Caldwell |
For her compelling observations on books and popular culture. |
| Justin Davidson |
For his fresh and vivid writing on classical music and its makers. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing
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| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
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New York Daily News
For its effective campaign to rescue Harlem's Apollo Theatre from the financial mismanagement that threatened the landmark's survival. |
| Fred Hiatt |
For his elegantly-written editorials urging America's continued commitment to international human rights issues. |
| Lawrence C. Levy |
For his campaign that was instrumental in bringing about reform of the inequities in Long Island's system of property assessment. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| David Horsey |
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| Clay Bennett |
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| Rob Rogers |
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Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Associated Press |
For its striking collection of photographs of the key players and events stemming from President Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky and the ensuing impeachment hearings. |
| Daniel A. Anderson |
For his skillful and moving portraits of local children growing up in decaying residential motels |
| Bill Greene |
For his inspirational images that trace the work of Donald Anderson, a descendent of slaves, who helps the residents of poor Southern communities assume civic responsibility and improve their lives. |
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Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Sylvia Nasar |
A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash
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| Francine du Plessix Gray |
At Home with the Marquis de Sade: A Life
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| A. Scott Berg |
Lindbergh
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Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Elliott Currie |
Crime and Punishment in America
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| John McPhee |
Annals of the Former World
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| Judith Rich Harris |
The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do
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Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Associated Press |
For its portfolio of images following the embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania that illustrates both the horror and the humanity triggered by the event. |
| Mike Stocker |
For his consistently powerful photographs of the devastation caused by Hurricane Mitch on Central America. |
| The Register-Guard |
For its coverage of a community recoiling then recovering from a brutal shooting spree at a local high school. |
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Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards
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Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
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| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
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The Times-Picayune
For a revealing series on the destruction of housing and the threat to the environment posed by the Formosan termite. |
| Ellen Graham |
For their reporting on the pitfalls faced by elderly Americans housed in commercial long-term facilities |
| Michael Moss |
For their reporting on the pitfalls faced by elderly Americans housed in commercial long-term facilities |
| Chris Adams |
For their reporting on the pitfalls faced by elderly Americans housed in commercial long-term facilities |
| Jeff Gerth |
The New York Times
For a series of articles that disclosed the corporate sale of American technology to China, with U.S. government approval despite national security risks, prompting investigations and significant changes in policy. |
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