Awards & Winners

2005 Pulitzer Prize

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2005 Pulitzer Prize

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Marilynne Robinson

Honored for : Gilead

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ha Jin War Trash
Marilynne Robinson Gilead
Ward Just An Unfinished Season
Pulitzer Prize for History

David Hackett Fischer

Honored for : Washington's Crossing

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Nominee Nominated Work
Kevin Boyle Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age
Michael O'Brien Conjectures of Order: Intellectual Life and the American South, 1810\u20131860
David Hackett Fischer Washington's Crossing
Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting

Walt Bogdanich

(For his heavily documented stories about the corporate cover-up of responsibility for fatal accidents at railway crossings.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Walt Bogdanich
For his heavily documented stories about the corporate cover-up of responsibility for fatal accidents at railway crossings.
The Washington Post
For its relentless, unflinching chronicle of abuses by American soldiers at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
Steve Suo
For their groundbreaking reports on the failure to curtail the growing illicit use of methamphetamines.
Erin Hoover Barnett
For their groundbreaking reports on the failure to curtail the growing illicit use of methamphetamines.
Pulitzer Prize for Drama

John Patrick Shanley

Honored for : Doubt: A Parable

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Patrick Shanley Doubt: A Parable
Will Eno Thom Pain (based on nothing)
Sarah Ruhl The Clean House
Pulitzer Prize for Music

Steven Stucky

Honored for : Second Concerto for Orchestra

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Nominee Nominated Work
Steven Stucky Second Concerto for Orchestra
Steve Reich You Are
Elliott Carter Dialogues
Pulitzer Prize for Public Service

Los Angeles Times

(For its courageous, exhaustively researched series exposing deadly medical problems and racial injustice at a major public hospital.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Los Angeles Times
For its courageous, exhaustively researched series exposing deadly medical problems and racial injustice at a major public hospital.
Pensacola News Journal
For its valiant and innovative coverage, in the newspaper and online, of the coastal devastation caused by Hurricane Ivan.
The Orange County Register
For its tenacious investigation into the widespread poisoning of children by lead-tainted Mexican candy, spurring remedial action.
Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting

Nigel Jaquiss

(For his investigation exposing former governor Neil Goldschmidt's long concealed sexual misconduct with a 14-year-old girl.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Diana B. Henriques
For her revelations that thousands of vulnerable American soldiers were exploited by some insurance companies, investment firms and lenders.
Clark Kauffman
For his exposure of glaring injustice in the handling of traffic tickets by public officials.
Nigel Jaquiss
For his investigation exposing former governor Neil Goldschmidt's long concealed sexual misconduct with a 14-year-old girl.
Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting

Gareth Cook

(For explaining, with clarity and humanity, the complex scientific and ethical dimensions of stem cell research.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Gareth Cook
For explaining, with clarity and humanity, the complex scientific and ethical dimensions of stem cell research.
William Broad
For their aggressive reporting and lucid writing that cast light on the shadowy process of nuclear proliferation.
David E. Sanger
For their aggressive reporting and lucid writing that cast light on the shadowy process of nuclear proliferation.
Newsday
For its serious, energetic and substantive series examining three decades of hip-hop music in American life.
Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting

The Star-Ledger

(For its comprehensive, clear-headed coverage of the resignation of New Jersey's governor after he announced he was gay and confessed to adultery with a male lover.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
The Star-Ledger
For its comprehensive, clear-headed coverage of the resignation of New Jersey\u2019s governor after he announced he was gay and confessed to adultery with a male lover.
Charlotte Sun
For its heroic coverage of Hurricane Charley after it destroyed the homes of employees and cut the paper\u2019s power supply and phone service.
Tribune Company Sun-Sentinel
For its enterprising and wide-ranging coverage, under difficult conditions, of four hurricanes that battered Florida over a six-week span.
Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting

Kim Murphy

(For her eloquent, wide ranging coverage of Russia\u2019s struggle to cope with terrorism, improve the economy and make democracy work.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Kim Murphy
For her eloquent, wide ranging coverage of Russia\u2019s struggle to cope with terrorism, improve the economy and make democracy work.
Dele Olojede
For his fresh, haunting look at Rwanda a decade after rape and genocidal slaughter had ravaged the Tutsi tribe.
Borzou Daragahi
For his vivid, deeply reported stories on the impact of the Iraq war on citizens and soldiers alike.
Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting

Dele Olojede

(For his fresh, haunting look at Rwanda a decade after rape and genocidal slaughter had ravaged the Tutsi tribe.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Kim Murphy
For her eloquent, wide ranging coverage of Russia\u2019s struggle to cope with terrorism, improve the economy and make democracy work.
Dele Olojede
For his fresh, haunting look at Rwanda a decade after rape and genocidal slaughter had ravaged the Tutsi tribe.
Borzou Daragahi
For his vivid, deeply reported stories on the impact of the Iraq war on citizens and soldiers alike.
Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing

Julia Keller

(For her gripping, meticulously reconstructed account of a deadly 10-second tornado that ripped through Utica, Illinois.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Julia Keller
For her gripping, meticulously reconstructed account of a deadly 10-second tornado that ripped through Utica, Illinois.
Robin Gaby Fisher
For her exhaustive look inside the lives of students at an alternative high school, shattering stereotypes and delineating memorable characters.
Anne Hull
For her clear, sensitive, tirelessly reported stories on what it means to be young and gay in modern America.
Pulitzer Prize for Commentary

Connie Schultz

(For her pungent columns that provided a voice for the underdog and underprivileged.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Connie Schultz
For her pungent columns that provided a voice for the underdog and underprivileged.
Nicholas D. Kristof
For his powerful columns that portrayed suffering among the developing world's often forgotten people and stirred action.
Tommy Tomlinson
For his provocative columns with a wide-ranging human touch.
Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting

Amy Dockser Marcus

(For her masterly stories about patients, families and physicians that illuminated the often unseen world of cancer survivors.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Amy Dockser Marcus
For her masterly stories about patients, families and physicians that illuminated the often unseen world of cancer survivors.
Ronald Brownstein
For the clarity, consistency and quality of his political reporting during a presidential election year.
Dana Priest
For her determined, deeply sourced and insightful coverage of United States intelligence operations.
Pulitzer Prize for Criticism

Joe Morgenstern

(For his reviews that elucidated the strengths and weaknesses of film with rare insight, authority and wit.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Joe Morgenstern
For his reviews that elucidated the strengths and weaknesses of film with rare insight, authority and wit.
Frank Rich
For boldly exploring the influence of popular culture on American politics and society.
Carlin Romano
For bringing new vitality to the classic essay across a formidable array of topics.
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing

Tom Philp

(For his deeply researched editorials on reclaiming California\u2019s flooded Hetch Hetchy Valley that stirred action.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Tom Philp
For his deeply researched editorials on reclaiming California's flooded Hetch Hetchy Valley that stirred action.
Sebastian Mallaby
For his persistent and passionate editorials on the tragedy in the Darfur region of the Sudan.
David Yarnold
For their forceful editorial campaign against unethical behavior in city hall that resulted in significant change.
Daniel Vasquez
For their forceful editorial campaign against unethical behavior in city hall that resulted in significant change.
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning

Nick Anderson

(For his unusual graphic style that produced extraordinarily thoughtful and powerful messages.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Nick Anderson
For his unusual graphic style that produced extraordinarily thoughtful and powerful messages.
Garry Trudeau
For his provocative \u201CDoonesbury\u201D cartoons that used realistic characters to dramatize social and political issues.
Don Wright
For his portfolio of wry but hard hitting cartoons that addressed a wide range of issues with unflinching honesty.
Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography

Associated Press

(For its stunning series of photographs of bloody yearlong combat inside Iraqi cities.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Associated Press
For its stunning series of photographs of bloody yearlong combat inside Iraqi cities.
Arko Datta
For his picture that captured a woman's anguish in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami.
The Palm Beach Post
For its imaginative and panoramic coverage of hurricanes that struck Florida.
Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography

Deanne Fitzmaurice

(For her sensitive photo essay on an Oakland hospital's effort to mend an Iraqi boy nearly killed by an explosion.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Deanne Fitzmaurice
For her sensitive photo essay on an Oakland hospital's effort to mend an Iraqi boy nearly killed by an explosion.
Jim Gehrz
For his poignant portrait of a woman soldier's struggle to recover from grave shrapnel wounds to her head.
Luis Sinco
For his iconic photograph of an exhausted U.S. Marine's face after a daylong battle in Iraq.
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography

Mark Stevens, Annalyn Swan

Honored for : De Kooning: An American Master

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Nominee Nominated Work
William Souder Under a Wild Sky: John James Audubon and the Making of The Birds of America
Stephen Greenblatt Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare
Mark Stevens De Kooning: An American Master
Annalyn Swan De Kooning: An American Master
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Ted Kooser

Honored for : Delights & Shadows

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ted Kooser Delights & Shadows
Brigit Pegeen Kelly The Orchard
William Matthews Search Party
Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction

Steve Coll

Honored for : Ghost Wars

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Nominee Nominated Work
Luis Alberto Urrea The Devil's Highway: A True Story
Steve Coll Ghost Wars
Suketu Mehta Maximum City