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2011 Pulitzer Prize WinnersPOSTED April 23, 2011 NEW YORK, NY -- The 2011 winners of the Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism, Letters, Drama and Music, awarded on the recommendation of the Pulitzer Prize Board, were announced this week by Columbia University. Winning photographs and cartoons, and bios and photos of winners, are available by clicking the links below. Links to winning stories are provided when available. JournalismPUBLIC SERVICE - Los Angeles Times BREAKING NEWS REPORTING - No Award INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING - Paige St. John of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune EXPLANATORY REPORTING - Mark Johnson, Kathleen, Gallagher, Gary Porter, Lou Saldivar and Alison Sherwood of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel LOCAL REPORTING - Frank Main, Mark Konkol and John J. Kim of the Chicago Sun-Times NATIONAL REPORTING - Jesse Eisinger and Jake Bernstein of ProPublica INTERNATIONAL REPORTING - Clifford J. Levy and Ellen Barry of The New York Times FEATURE WRITING - Amy Ellis Nutt of The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J. COMMENTARY - David Leonhardt of The New York Times CRITICISM - Sebastian Smee of The Boston Globe EDITORIAL WRITING - Joseph Rago of The Wall Street Journal EDITORIAL CARTOONING - Mike Keefe of The Denver Post BREAKING NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY - Carol Guzy, Nikki Kahn and Ricky Carioti of The Washington Post FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY - Barbara Davidson of the Los Angeles Times Letters, Drama and MusicFICTION - "A Visit from the Goon Squad" by Jennifer Egan (Alfred A. Knopf) DRAMA - "Clybourne Park" by Bruce Norris HISTORY - "The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery" by Eric Foner (W. W. Norton & Company) BIOGRAPHY - "Washington: A Life" by Ron Chernow (The Penguin Press) POETRY - "The Best of It: New and Selected Poems" by Kay Ryan (Grove Press) GENERAL NONFICTION - "The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer" by Siddhartha Mukherjee (Scribner) MUSIC - "Madame White Snake’" by Zhou Long, premiered on February 26, 2010 by Opera Boston at the Cutler Majestic Theatre. 2011 PULITZER PRIZE NOMINATED FINALISTSWinners will receive $10,000 cash prize and a certificate at a luncheon in May at Columbia University. The winner of the Public Service category for Journalism will receive a gold medal. |
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