| 1970 |
Ada Louise Huxtable |
New York Times, for distinguished criticism during 1969
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| 1971 |
Harold C. Schonberg |
New York Times, for his music criticism during 1970
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| 1972 |
Frank Peters, Jr |
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, for his music criticism during 1971
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| 1973 |
Ronald Powers |
Chicago Sun-Times, for his critical writing about television during 1972
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| 1974 |
Emily Genauer |
Newsday, for her critical writing about art and artists
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| 1975 |
Roger Ebert |
Chicago Sun-Times, for his film criticism during 1974
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| 1976 |
Alan M. Kriegsman |
Washington Post, for his critical writing about dance during 1975
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| 1977 |
William McPherson |
Washington Post, for his contribution to "Book World."
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| 1978 |
Walter Kerr |
New York Times, for articles on the theater in 1977 and throughout his long career
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| 1979 |
Paul Gapp |
Chicago Tribune, architecture
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| 1980 |
William A. Henry III |
Boston Globe, for critical writing about television
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| 1981 |
Jonathan Yardley |
Washington Star, for his book reviews
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| 1982 |
Martin Bernheimer |
Los Angeles Times, for classical music criticism
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| 1983 |
Manuela Hoelterhoff |
Wall Street Journal, for her wide-ranging criticism on the arts and other subjects
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| 1984 |
Paul Goldberger |
New York Times, for architectural criticism
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| 1985 |
Howard Rosenberg |
Los Angeles Times, for his television criticism
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| 1986 |
Donal Henehan |
New York Times, for his music criticism
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| 1987 |
Richard Eder |
Los Angeles Times, for his book reviews
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| 1988 |
Tom Shales |
Washington Post, for his television criticism
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| 1989 |
Michael Skube |
News and Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina), for his writing about books and other literary topics
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| 1990 |
Allan Temko |
San Francisco Chronicle, for his architecture criticism
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| 1991 |
David Shaw |
Los Angeles Times, for his critiques of the way in which the media, including his own paper, reported the McMartin Pre-School child molestation case
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| 1992 |
(no award)
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| 1993 |
Michael Dirda |
Washington Post, for his book reviews
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| 1994 |
Lloyd Schwartz |
Boston Phoenix, for his skillful and resonant classical music criticism
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| 1995 |
Margo Jefferson |
New York Times, for her book reviews and other cultural criticism
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| 1996 |
Robert Campbell |
Boston Globe, for his knowledgeable writing on architecture
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| 1997 |
Tim Page |
Washington Post, for his lucid and illuminating music criticism
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| 1998 |
Michiko Kakutani |
New York Times, for her passionate, intelligent writing on books and contemporary literature
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| 1999 |
Blair Kamin |
Chicago Tribune, for his lucid coverage of city architecture, including an influential series supporting the development of Chicago's lakefront area
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| 2000 |
Henry Allen |
Washington Post, for his fresh and authoritative writing on photography
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| 2001 |
Gail Caldwell |
Boston Globe, for her insightful observations on contemporary life and literature
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| 2002 |
Justin Davidson |
Newsday, for his crisp coverage of classical music that captures its essence
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| 2003 |
Stephen Hunter |
Washington Post, for his authoritative film criticism that is both intellectually rewarding and a pleasure to read
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| 2004 |
Dan Neil |
Los Angeles Times, for his one-of-a-kind reviews of automobiles, blending technical expertise with offbeat humor and astute cultural observations
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