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Pulitzer Prize

HONOR

Awarded for outstanding achievements in poetry, literature, music, and drama; also for excellence in journalism: reporting, commentary, editorials, criticism, cartoons, and photographs. Winners receive $10,000 and a gold medal. Founded in 1917. Named after newspaper publishing magnate Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911).

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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Brooks Atkinson
Critic
28-Nov-1894 14-Jan-1984 New York Times drama critic
Milton Babbitt
Composer
10-May-1916 29-Jan-2011 Music for Synthesizer
Lowell Bergman
Film/TV Producer
24-Jul-1945   Former 60 Minutes producer
Herb Caen
Columnist
3-Apr-1916 1-Feb-1997 Long running San Francisco columnist
Carl Cannon
Journalist
c. 1953   RealClearPolitics
Kevin Carter
Photographer
13-Sep-1960 27-Jul-1994 Wanting A Meal
E. L. Doctorow
Author
6-Jan-1931   The Book of Daniel
Anthony R. Dolan
Government
7-Jul-1948   President Reagan's chief speechwriter
Bob Dylan
Musician
24-May-1941   The Times They Are A-Changin'
Duke Ellington
Jazz Musician
29-Apr-1899 24-May-1974 It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing
Susan Faludi
Activist
18-Apr-1959   Backlash
Leslie H. Gelb
Government
4-Mar-1937   President, Council on Foreign Relations, 1993-2003
Alex Haley
Novelist
11-Aug-1921 10-Feb-1992 Roots
Chris Hedges
Journalist
18-Sep-1956   War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
Scott Joplin
Musician
24-Nov-1868 1-Apr-1917 The King of Ragtime
James Kirkwood
Novelist
22-Aug-1924 21-Apr-1989 A Chorus Line
Joan W. Konner
Journalist
c. 1929   Dean, Columbia School of Journalism, 1988-97
Christopher Lasch
Author
1-Jun-1932 14-Feb-1994 The Culture of Narcissism
David Laventhol
Publisher
1933   President of Times Mirror, 1987-93
Walter Lippmann
Journalist
23-Sep-1889 14-Dec-1974 Today and Tomorrow
Judith Miller
Journalist
2-Jan-1948   Credulous NY Times WMD maven
Jack Nelson
Journalist
11-Oct-1929 21-Oct-2009 The Los Angeles Times
Clarence Page
Columnist
2-Jun-1947   Newspaper columnist, talking head
Westbrook Pegler
Columnist
2-Aug-1894 24-Jun-1969 Ultraconservative newspaper columnist
Ernie Pyle
Journalist
3-Aug-1900 18-Apr-1945 Scripps-Howard war correspondent
James Reston
Journalist
3-Nov-1909 6-Dec-1995 The New York Times
Kenneth Roberts
Novelist
8-Dec-1885 21-Jul-1957 Northwest Passage
Charles G. Ross
Government
9-Nov-1885 5-Dec-1950 White House Press Secretary for Truman
Art Spiegelman
Cartoonist
15-Feb-1948   Maus
Gary Webb
Journalist
31-Aug-1955 10-Dec-2004 Exposed CIA Nicaragua/drugs angle
E. B. White
Author
11-Jul-1899 01-Oct-1985 Charlotte's Web
Roger Wilkins
Educator
25-Mar-1932   Author, blackademic
Hank Williams, Sr.
Country Musician
17-Sep-1923 1-Jan-1953 Take These Chains From My Heart


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