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).

• Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing
• Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
• Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting
• Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting
• Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting
• Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing
• Pulitzer Prize for Commentary
• Pulitzer Prize for Criticism
• Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
• Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction
• Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
• Pulitzer Prize for History
• Pulitzer Prize for Biography
• Pulitzer Prize for Drama
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
• Pulitzer Prize for Music

Official Website:
http://www.pulitzer.org/

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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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