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2001 Pulitzer Prize

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2001 Pulitzer Prize

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Michael Chabon

Honored for : The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

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Nominee Nominated Work
Joyce Carol Oates Blonde
Michael Chabon The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Joy Williams The quick and the dead
Pulitzer Prize for History

Joseph J. Ellis

Honored for : Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

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Nominee Nominated Work
Frances FitzGerald Way out There in the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars, and the End of the Cold War
Alexander Keyssar The Right to Vote
Joseph J. Ellis Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
Pulitzer Prize for Drama

David Auburn

Honored for : Proof

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Nominee Nominated Work
David Auburn Proof
Edward Albee The Play About the Baby
Kenneth Lonergan The Waverly Gallery
Pulitzer Prize for Music

John Corigliano

Honored for : Symphony No. 2

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Corigliano Symphony No. 2
Stephen Hartke Tituli
Fred Lerdahl Time After Time
Pulitzer Prize for Public Service

The Oregonian

(For its detailed and unflinching examination of systematic problems within the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service, including harsh treatment of foreign nationals and other widespread abuses, which prompted various reforms.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
The Oregonian
For its detailed and unflinching examination of systematic problems within the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, including harsh treatment of foreign nationals and other widespread abuses, which prompted various reforms.
Associated Press
For its accurate and comprehensive coverage of the 2000 presidential election, particularly during those 36 uncertain days when much of the nation looked to the AP for disciplined, 24-hour reporting on the close votes and recounts.
The Washington Post
For its comprehensive series on the AIDS plague in Africa, which revealed how the devastating epidemic was affected by political, commercial and bureaucratic forces far removed from the lives of most of its victims.
Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting

David Willman

(For his pioneering exposé of seven unsafe prescription drugs that had been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, and an analysis of the policy reforms that had reduced the agency's effectiveness.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
David Willman Los Angeles Times
For his pioneering exposé of seven unsafe prescription drugs that had been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, and an analysis of the policy reforms that had reduced the agency's effectiveness.
Mike McIntire Hartford Courant
For their persistent reporting that dispelled, locally and nationally, the secrecy cloaking the mistakes of practicing doctors who have been subjected to disciplinary actions or compelled to make malpractice payments.
Jack Dolan Hartford Courant
For their persistent reporting that dispelled, locally and nationally, the secrecy cloaking the mistakes of practicing doctors who have been subjected to disciplinary actions or compelled to make malpractice payments.
Fredric N. Tulsky San Jose Mercury News
For his illuminating reporting on the arbitrary and inconsistent administration of the federal system that grants political asylum to refugees entering the U.S.
Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting

The Miami Herald

(For its balanced and gripping on-the-scene coverage of the pre-dawn raid by federal agents that took the Cuban boy Elian Gonzalez from his Miami relatives and reunited him with his Cuban father.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
The Miami Herald
For its balanced and gripping on-the-scene coverage of the pre-dawn raid by federal agents that took the Cuban boy Elian Gonzalez from his Miami relatives and reunited him with his Cuban father.
The Star-Ledger
For its graphic and highly detailed coverage, despite restricted access, of the dormitory fire at Seton Hall University that killed three students and injured 58 others.
Los Angeles Times
For its compelling and resourceful coverage of every aspect of the crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 off the California coast, which killed 88 passengers.
Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting

Ian Denis Johnson

(For his revealing stories about victims of the Chinese government's often brutal suppression of the Falun Gong movement and the implications of that campaign For the future.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ian Denis Johnson The Wall Street Journal
For his revealing stories from China about victims of the government's often brutal suppression of the Falun Gong movement and the implications of that campaign for the future.
Paul Salopek Chicago Tribune
For his reporting on the political strife and disease epidemics ravaging Africa, witnessed firsthand as he traveled, sometimes by canoe, through rebel-controlled regions of the Congo.
Maura Reynolds Los Angeles Times
For her reporting, at considerable personal risk, of the volatile aftermath of the war in Chechnya and the uncertain future engagement of Russia with that republic.
Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting

Paul Salopek

(For his reporting on the political strife and disease epidemics ravaging Africa, witnessed firsthand as he traveled, sometimes by canoe, through rebel-controlled regions of the Congo.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ian Denis Johnson The Wall Street Journal
For his revealing stories from China about victims of the government's often brutal suppression of the Falun Gong movement and the implications of that campaign for the future.
Paul Salopek Chicago Tribune
For his reporting on the political strife and disease epidemics ravaging Africa, witnessed firsthand as he traveled, sometimes by canoe, through rebel-controlled regions of the Congo.
Maura Reynolds Los Angeles Times
For her reporting, at considerable personal risk, of the volatile aftermath of the war in Chechnya and the uncertain future engagement of Russia with that republic.
Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing

Tom Hallman Jr.

(For his poignant profile of a disfigured 14-year old boy who elects to have life-threatening surgery in an effort to improve his appearance.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Tom Hallman Jr. The Oregonian
For his poignant profile of a disfigured 14-year old boy who elects to have life-threatening surgery in an effort to improve his appearance.
Robin Gaby Fisher The Star-Ledger
For her inspirational stories that chronicled the care and recovery of two students critically burned in a dormitory fire at Seton Hall University.
Richard E. Meyer Los Angeles Times
For his elegant, insightful portrait of a Tennessee family whose son shot three people at his high school.
Pulitzer Prize for Commentary

Dorothy Rabinowitz

(For her articles on American society and culture.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Dorothy Rabinowitz The Wall Street Journal
For her articles on American society and culture.
Karen Heller The Philadelphia Inquirer
For her humorous columns on modern life and popular culture.
Derrick Z. Jackson The Boston Globe
For his perceptive, versatile columns on such subjects as politics, education and race.
Trudy Rubin The Philadelphia Inquirer
For her keenly analytical columns on the Middle East.
Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting

David Cay Johnston

(For his penetrating and enterprising reporting that exposed loopholes and inequities in the U.S. tax code, which was instrumental in bringing about reforms.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
David Cay Johnston The New York Times
For his penetrating and enterprising reporting that exposed loopholes and inequities in the U.S. tax code, which was instrumental in bringing about reforms.
Virginia Ellis Los Angeles Times
For her persistent reporting that exposed extensive financial improprieties by a state insurance commissioner, who later resigned.
Rebecca Smith The Wall Street Journal
For her prescient and knowledgeable reporting on the electricity shortage faced by the U.S., and the country's failed efforts to deregulate energy.
Pulitzer Prize for Criticism

Gail Caldwell

(For her insightful observations on contemporary life and literature.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Gail Caldwell The Boston Globe
For her insightful observations on contemporary life and literature.
Christopher Knight Los Angeles Times
For his passionate and publi'minded art criticism.
Jerry Saltz The Village Voice
For his fresh and engaging views on contemporary art.
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing

David Moats

(For his even-handed and influential series of editorials commenting on the divisive issues arising from civil unions for same-sex couples.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Laurie Roberts The Arizona Republic
For her persuasive editorial series urging reform of the process by which the state draws its legislative and congressional districts.
Tina Rosenberg The New York Times
For her searching and knowledgeable editorials on international and human rights issues.
David Moats Rutland Herald
For his even-handed and influential series of editorials commenting on the divisive issues arising from civil unions for same-sex couples
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ann Telnaes Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Clay Bennett The Christian Science Monitor
Ben Sargent Austin American-Statesman
Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography

Alan Diaz

(For his photograph of armed U.S. federal agents seizing the Cuban boy Elián Gonzalez from his relatives' Miami home.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Alan Diaz Associated Press
For his photograph of armed U.S. federal agents seizing the Cuban boy Elián Gonzalez from his relatives' Miami home.
Chris Gerald Agence France-Presse
For his photograph of a Palestinian youth triumphantly raising his bloodstained hands after two Israeli soldiers were killed.
Rachel Ritchie The Providence Journal
For her photograph of an armed man who shot four people at a local street fair.
Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography

Matt Rainey

(For his emotional photographs that illustrate the care and recovery of two students critically burned in a dormitory fire at Seton Hall University.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Matt Rainey The Star-Ledger
For his emotional photographs that illustrate the care and recovery of two students critically burned in a dormitory fire at Seton Hall University.
David Guttenfelder Associated Press
For his moving photographs of North and South Koreans visiting relatives they had not seen in half a century, and other images generated by the Korean governments' reunification efforts.
Marc Piscotty Rocky Mountain News
For his illuminating images of suburban high school students facing adulthood.
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography

David Levering Lewis

Honored for : W. E. B. Du Bois, 1919-1963: The Fight for Equality and the American Century

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Nominee Nominated Work
H. W. Brands The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
David Levering Lewis W. E. B. Du Bois, 1919-1963: The Fight for Equality and the American Century
Christoph Wolff Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Stephen Dunn

Honored for : Different Hours

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Nominee Nominated Work
Stephen Dunn Different Hours
Sydney Lea Pursuit of a Wound
Bruce Smith The Other Lover
Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction

Herbert P. Bix

Honored for : Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan

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Nominee Nominated Work
Dave Eggers A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Herbert P. Bix Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
Ted Conover Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing
Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting

The New York Times

(For its compelling and memorable series exploring racial experiences and attitudes across contemporary America.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
The New York Times
For its compelling and memorable series exploring racial experiences and attitudes across contemporary America.
Frank Fitzpatrick The Philadelphia Inquirer
For their series on the extreme commercialization of college sports.
Gilbert M. Gaul The Philadelphia Inquirer
For their series on the extreme commercialization of college sports.
Chicago Tribune
For its comprehensive review of death penalty cases in Texas and nine other states that pointed out fundamental flaws in the system by which Americans are executed for crimes.
Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting

Chicago Tribune

(For 'Gateway to Gridlock,' its clear and compelling profile of the chaotic American air traffic system.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Louise Kiernan Chicago Tribune
For her moving and humane portrait of a young mother killed by a falling skyscraper window, its effect on her three-year-old daughter, and the negligence of the company involved.
The New York Times
For its insightful coverage of the completed deciphering of the human genome, which explained the scientific context for understanding the chemical string that makes up DNA, as well as the discovery's implications for the future.
Chicago Tribune
For \"Gateway to Gridlock,\" its clear and compelling profile of the chaotic American air traffic system.