Pulitzer Prize

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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).

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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