Awards & Winners

1999 Pulitzer Prize

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1999 Pulitzer Prize

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Mark Strand

Honored for : Blizzard of One

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Nominee Nominated Work
Mark Strand Blizzard of One
Alice Notley Mysteries of Small Houses
Frederick Seidel Going Fast
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Michael Cunningham

Honored for : The Hours

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Nominee Nominated Work
Russell Banks Cloudsplitter: A Novel
Barbara Kingsolver The Poisonwood Bible
Michael Cunningham The Hours
Pulitzer Prize for History

Mike Wallace, Edwin G. Burrows

Honored for : Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898

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Nominee Nominated Work
William E. Burrows This New Ocean
Paula Marks In a Barren Land
Edwin G. Burrows Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898
Mike Wallace Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898
Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Margaret Edson

Honored for : Wit

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Nominee Nominated Work
Margaret Edson Wit
Cornelius Eady Running Man
Diedre Murray Running Man
Warren Leight Side Man
Pulitzer Prize for Music

Melinda Wagner

Honored for : Concerto for Flute, Strings, and Percussion

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Nominee Nominated Work
Melinda Wagner Concerto for Flute, Strings, and Percussion
David Rakowski Persistent Memory
Stanis?aw Skrowaczewski Concerto for Orchestra
Pulitzer Prize for Public Service

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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Nominee Nominated Work
The Washington Post
For its series that identified and analyzed patterns of reckless gunplay by city police officers who had little training or supervision.
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.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
For its series that explained how local police routinely manipulated crime statistics to make the city appear safer.
Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting

The Miami Herald

(For its detailed reporting that revealed pervasive voter fraud in a city mayoral election that was subsequently overturned.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
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.
Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting

Richard Read

(For vividly illustrating the domestic impact of the Asian economic crisis by profiling the local industry that exports frozen french fries.)

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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.
Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting

Hartford Courant

(For its clear and detailed coverage of a shooting rampage in which a state lottery worker killed four supervisors then himself.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
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.
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.
Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting

The Wall Street Journal

(For its in-depth, analytical coverage of the 1998 Russian financial crisis.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
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.
The New York Times
For its comprehensive coverage of the bombings of American embassies in Africa, which revealed crucial lapses in intelligence and security.
Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing

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.)

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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.
Pulitzer Prize for Commentary

Maureen Dowd

(For her fresh and insightful columns on the impact of President Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky.)

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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.
Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting

Chuck Philips, 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.)

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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.)
Pulitzer Prize for Criticism

Blair Kamin

(For his lucid coverage of city architecture, including an influential series supporting the development of Chicago's lakefront area.)

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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.
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing

New York Daily News

(For its effective campaign to rescue Harlem's Apollo Theater from the financial mismanagement that threatened the landmark's survival.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
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.
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning

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Nominee Nominated Work
David Horsey
Clay Bennett
Rob Rogers
Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography

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.)

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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.
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography

A. Scott Berg

Honored for : Lindbergh

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Nominee Nominated Work
Sylvia Nasar A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash
Francine du Plessix Gray At Home with the Marquis de Sade: A Life
A. Scott Berg Lindbergh
Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction

John McPhee

Honored for : Annals of the Former World

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Nominee Nominated Work
Elliott Currie Crime and Punishment in America
John McPhee Annals of the Former World
Judith Rich Harris The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do
Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography
(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.)

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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.
Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards

Duke Ellington

(Bestowed posthumously, commemorating the centennial year of his birth, in recognition of his musical genius, which evoked aesthetically the principles of democracy through the medium of jazz and thus made an indelible contribution to art and culture.)
Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting

Jeff Gerth

Honored for : 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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Nominee Nominated Work
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.