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2006 Pulitzer Prize

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2006 Pulitzer Prize

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Geraldine Brooks

Honored for : March

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Nominee Nominated Work
Geraldine Brooks March
E. L. Doctorow The March
Lee Martin The bright forever
Pulitzer Prize for History

David Oshinsky

Honored for : Polio: An American Story

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jill Lepore New York Burning
Sean Wilentz The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln
David Oshinsky Polio: An American Story
Pulitzer Prize for Music

Yehudi Wyner

Honored for : Piano Concerto Chiavi In Mano

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Nominee Nominated Work
Yehudi Wyner Piano Concerto \"Chiavi In Mano\"
Peter Lieberson Neruda Songs
Chen Yi Si Ji (Four Seasons)
Pulitzer Prize for Public Service

Sun Herald

(For its valorous and comprehensive coverage of Hurricane Katrina, providing a lifeline for devastated readers, in print and online, during their time of greatest need.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Sun Herald
For its valorous and comprehensive coverage of Hurricane Katrina, providing a lifeline for devastated readers, in print and online, during their time of greatest need.
The Times-Picayune
For its heroic, multi-faceted coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, making exceptional use of the newspaper's resources to serve an inundated city even after evacuation of the newspaper plant. (Selected by the Board from the Public Service category, where it was entered.)
The Washington Post
For its exhaustive and illuminating exploration of the government's war on terrorism and the ensuing tension between national security and individual liberty.
Toledo Blade
For its relentless probe of the state's investment in a rare-coin fund that exposed illegal actions by the governor and other state officials, spurring successful criminal prosecution and other corrective action.
Pulitzer Prize for Public Service

The Times-Picayune

(For its heroic, multi-faceted coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, making exceptional use of the newspaper's resources to serve an inundated city even after evacuation of the newspaper plant.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Sun Herald
For its valorous and comprehensive coverage of Hurricane Katrina, providing a lifeline for devastated readers, in print and online, during their time of greatest need.
The Times-Picayune
For its heroic, multi-faceted coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, making exceptional use of the newspaper's resources to serve an inundated city even after evacuation of the newspaper plant. (Selected by the Board from the Public Service category, where it was entered.)
The Washington Post
For its exhaustive and illuminating exploration of the government's war on terrorism and the ensuing tension between national security and individual liberty.
Toledo Blade
For its relentless probe of the state's investment in a rare-coin fund that exposed illegal actions by the governor and other state officials, spurring successful criminal prosecution and other corrective action.
Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting

R. Jeffrey Smith, Susan Schmidt, James V. Grimaldi

(For their indefatigable probe of Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff that exposed congressional corruption and produced reform efforts.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Susan Schmidt
For their indefatigable probe of Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff that exposed congressional corruption and produced reform efforts.
James V. Grimaldi
For their indefatigable probe of Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff that exposed congressional corruption and produced reform efforts.
R. Jeffrey Smith
For their indefatigable probe of Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff that exposed congressional corruption and produced reform efforts.
Jason Felch
For their exposure of problems in the management of the J. Paul Getty Trust, the world's richest art institution, and in acquisition practices at other museums.
Ralph Frammolino
For their exposure of problems in the management of the J. Paul Getty Trust, the world's richest art institution, and in acquisition practices at other museums.
Sally Kestin
For their in-depth reports on the federal government's widespread mismanagement of hurricane aid, triggering indictments and other remedial action.
Megan O'Matz
For their in-depth reports on the federal government's widespread mismanagement of hurricane aid, triggering indictments and other remedial action.
John Maines
For their in-depth reports on the federal government's widespread mismanagement of hurricane aid, triggering indictments and other remedial action.
Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting

David Finkel

(For his ambitious, clear-eyed case study of the United States government\u2019s attempt to bring democracy to Yemen.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
David Finkel
For his ambitious, clear-eyed case study of the United States government's attempt to bring democracy to Yemen.
Debbie Cenziper
For her deeply researched examination of breakdowns in hurricane forecasting that often endanger lives.
Mark Johnson
For their riveting chronicle of a teenage girl's miraculous recovery from a rabies infection that medicine had previously considered fatal.
Kawanza Newson
For their riveting chronicle of a teenage girl's miraculous recovery from a rabies infection that medicine had previously considered fatal.
Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting

James Risen, Eric Lichtblau

(For their carefully sourced stories on secret domestic eavesdropping that stirred a national debate on the boundary line between fighting terrorism and protecting civil liberty.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
James Risen
For their carefully sourced stories on secret domestic eavesdropping that stirred a national debate on the boundary line between fighting terrorism and protecting civil liberty.
Eric Lichtblau
For their carefully sourced stories on secret domestic eavesdropping that stirred a national debate on the boundary line between fighting terrorism and protecting civil liberty.
U-T San Diego
For their disclosure of bribe-taking that sent former Rep. Randy Cunningham to prison in disgrace.
Marcus Stern
For their disclosure of bribe-taking that sent former Rep. Randy Cunningham to prison in disgrace.
Jerry Kammer
For their disclosure of bribe-taking that sent former Rep. Randy Cunningham to prison in disgrace.
Michael Moss
For his tenacious, thoroughly researched stories on the bureaucratic inertia that led to the fatal injury of American soldiers in Iraq who lacked protective armor.
Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting

U-T San Diego, Marcus Stern, Jerry Kammer

(For their disclosure of bribe-taking that sent former Rep. Randy Cunningham to prison in disgrace.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
James Risen
For their carefully sourced stories on secret domestic eavesdropping that stirred a national debate on the boundary line between fighting terrorism and protecting civil liberty.
Eric Lichtblau
For their carefully sourced stories on secret domestic eavesdropping that stirred a national debate on the boundary line between fighting terrorism and protecting civil liberty.
U-T San Diego
For their disclosure of bribe-taking that sent former Rep. Randy Cunningham to prison in disgrace.
Marcus Stern
For their disclosure of bribe-taking that sent former Rep. Randy Cunningham to prison in disgrace.
Jerry Kammer
For their disclosure of bribe-taking that sent former Rep. Randy Cunningham to prison in disgrace.
Michael Moss
For his tenacious, thoroughly researched stories on the bureaucratic inertia that led to the fatal injury of American soldiers in Iraq who lacked protective armor.
Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting

The Times-Picayune

(For its courageous and aggressive coverage of Hurricane Katrina, overcoming desperate conditions facing the city and the newspaper.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
The Times-Picayune
For its courageous and aggressive coverage of Hurricane Katrina, overcoming desperate conditions facing the city and the newspaper.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
For its swift and rigorous accounts of a shooting rampage by a prisoner who seized a deputy sheriff's gun and killed a judge and three others.
Tribune Company Sun-Sentinel
For its clear, cohesive and enterprising coverage of Hurricane Wilma after it battered a region still recovering from major storms the previous year.
Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting

Joseph Kahn, Jim Yardley

(For their ambitious stories on ragged justice in China as the booming nation's legal system evolves.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Joseph Kahn
For their ambitious stories on ragged justice in China as the booming nation's legal system evolves.
Jim Yardley
For their ambitious stories on ragged justice in China as the booming nation's legal system evolves.
Steve Fainaru
For his powerful accounts of the deadly violence faced by ordinary American soldiers in Iraq as an insurgency intensified.
Sebastian Rotella
For his well crafted reports on restive Muslims in Europe that foretold riots in France.
Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing

Jim Sheeler

(For his poignant story on a Marine major who helps the families of comrades killed in Iraq cope with their loss and honor their sacrifice.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jim Sheeler
For his poignant story on a Marine major who helps the families of comrades killed in Iraq cope with their loss and honor their sacrifice.
Dan Barry
For his rich portfolio of pieces capturing slices of life in hurricane-battered New Orleans as well as his own New York City.
Mary Schmich
For her intimate and compelling story about a federal judge whose husband and mother were murdered by an angry former plaintiff.
Pulitzer Prize for Commentary

Nicholas D. Kristof

(For his graphic, deeply reported columns that, at personal risk, focused attention on genocide in Darfur and that gave voice to the voiceless in other parts of the world.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Nicholas D. Kristof
For his graphic, deeply reported columns that, at personal risk, focused attention on genocide in Darfur and that gave voice to the voiceless in other parts of the world.
Chris Rose
For his vibrant and compassionate columns that gave voice to the afflictions of his city after it was struck by Hurricane Katrina.
Cynthia Tucker
For her pungent, clear-eyed columns that tackled controversial issues with frankness and fortitude.
Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting

Dana Priest

(For her persistent, painstaking reports on secret \u201Cblack site\u201D prisons and other controversial features of the government\u2019s counterterrorism campaign.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Dana Priest
For her persistent, painstaking reports on secret \u201Cblack site\u201D prisons and other controversial features of the government\u2019s counterterrorism campaign.
Barry Meier
For his original, strongly documented stories on a flawed heart-defibrillator that imperiled the safety of unwitting patients.
Jerry Mitchell
For his relentless and masterly stories on the successful prosecution of a man accused of orchestrating the killing of three civil rights workers in 1964.
Pulitzer Prize for Criticism

Robin Givhan

(For her witty, closely observed essays that transform fashion criticism into cultural criticism.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jerry Saltz
For his fresh, down-to-earth pieces on the visual arts and other cultural topics.
Robin Givhan
For her witty, closely observed essays that transform fashion criticism into cultural criticism.
Nicolai Ouroussoff
For his graceful, contemplative and wide ranging critiques of architecture and urban design from New Orleans to Berlin.
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing

Doug Bates, Rick Attig

(For their persuasive, richly reported editorials on abuses inside a forgotten Oregon mental hospital.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Doug Bates
For their persuasive, richly reported editorials on abuses inside a forgotten Oregon mental hospital.
Rick Attig
For their persuasive, richly reported editorials on abuses inside a forgotten Oregon mental hospital.
B. Marie Harris
For their passionate editorials in the wake of Hurricane Katrina that empathized with victims while pleading for relief from the outside world.
Tony Biffle
For their passionate editorials in the wake of Hurricane Katrina that empathized with victims while pleading for relief from the outside world.
Stanley R. Tiner
For their passionate editorials in the wake of Hurricane Katrina that empathized with victims while pleading for relief from the outside world.
The Birmingham News
For its series of incisive editorials reversing the paper's long-held support of the death penalty.
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning

Mike Luckovich

(For his powerful cartoons on an array of issues, drawn with a simple but piercing style.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Mike Luckovich
For his powerful cartoons on an array of issues, drawn with a simple but piercing style.
Marshall Ramsey
For his vivid, wide ranging cartoons that express crisp opinions with uncomplicated artistry.
Mike Thompson
For diverse cartoons that use wit, irony and artistic flair to sharpen their impact.
Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography

The Dallas Morning News

(For its vivid photographs depicting the chaos and pain after Hurricane Katrina engulfed New Orleans.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
The Dallas Morning News
For its vivid photographs depicting the chaos and pain after Hurricane Katrina engulfed New Orleans.
Carolyn Cole
For their spellbinding coverage of Israel's emotion-packed withdrawal from Gaza.
Brian vander Brug
For their spellbinding coverage of Israel's emotion-packed withdrawal from Gaza.
Eric Gay
For his multifaceted coverage of the human suffering in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina flooded the city.
Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography

Todd Heisler

(For his haunting, behind-the-scenes look at funerals For Colorado Marines who return from Iraq in caskets.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Todd Heisler
For his haunting, behind-the-scenes look at funerals for Colorado Marines who return from Iraq in caskets.
Mike Stocker
For his imaginative exploration of Holocaust survivors as Judaism faces a new century.
Damon Winter
For his sensitive portrayal of two remote Eskimo villages coping with memories of sexual abuse by a missionary 30 years ago.
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography

Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

Honored for : American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

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Nominee Nominated Work
Megan Marshall The Peabody sisters
Kai Bird American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Martin J. Sherwin American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Joan Didion The Year of Magical Thinking
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Claudia Emerson

Honored for : Late Wife

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Nominee Nominated Work
Elizabeth Alexander American Sublime
Dean Young Elegy on Toy Piano
Claudia Emerson Late Wife
Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction

Caroline Elkins

Honored for : Imperial Reckoning

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Nominee Nominated Work
Caroline Elkins Imperial Reckoning
Tony Judt Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
George Packer The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq
Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards

Edmund Morgan

(For a creative and deeply influential body of work as an American historian that spans the last half century.)
Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards

Thelonious Monk

(A posthumous Special Citation to the American composer for a body of distinguished and innovative musical composition that has had a significant and enduring impact on the evolution of jazz.)