Letters, Drama, and Music

Fiction

The Color Purple by Alice Walker (Harcourt Brace)

Drama

Night, Mother by Marsha Norman

History

The Transformation of Virginia, 1740-1790 by Rhys L. Isaac (U. North Carolina Press)

Biography or Autobiography

Growing Up by Russell Baker (Congdon & Weed)

Poetry

Selected Poems by Galway Kinnell (Houghton Mifflin)

General Nonfiction

Is There No Place On Earth For Me? by Susan Sheehan (Houghton Mifflin)

Music

Symphony No. I (Three Movements for Orchestra) by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

Commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra and premiered by that orchestra on May 5, 1982 in Alice Tully Hall, New York City.

Special Citations

There are no special citations for this time period.

Pulitzer Prize Board

Members

The board overseeing the prizes

Press Releases

No press releases are currently recorded for this year.

Journalism

Public Service

Jackson (MS) Clarion-Ledger

For its successful campaign supporting Governor Winter in his legislative battle for reform of Mississippi's public education system.

Local General or Spot News Reporting

Editorial Staff of Fort Wayne (IN) News-Sentinel

For its courageous and resourceful coverage of a devastating flood in March 1982.

Local Investigative Specialized Reporting

Loretta Tofani of The Washington Post

For her investigation of rape and sexual assault in the Prince George's County, Maryland, Detention Center.

National Reporting

Staff of The Boston Globe

For its balanced and informative special report on the nuclear arms race.

International Reporting

Thomas L. Friedman and Loren Jenkins of The New York Times and The Washington Post, (respectively)

For their individual reporting of the Israeli invasion of Beirut and its tragic aftermath.

Feature Writing

Nan Robertson of The New York Times

For her memorable and medically detailed account of her struggle with toxic shock syndrome.

Commentary

Claude Sitton of Raleigh (NC) News & Observer

Criticism

Manuela Hoelterhoff of The Wall Street Journal

For her wide-ranging criticism on the arts and other subjects.

Editorial Writing

Miami Herald Editorial Board of The Miami Herald

For its campaign against the detention of illegal Haitian immigrants by federal officials.

Editorial Cartooning

Richard Locher of Chicago Tribune

Spot News Photography

Bill Foley of Associated Press

For his moving series of pictures of victims and survivors of the massacre in the Sabra Camp in Beirut.

Feature Photography

James B. Dickman of Dallas Times Herald

For his telling photographs of life and death in El Salvador.