Letters, Drama, and Music

Fiction

Beloved by Toni Morrison (Alfred A. Knopf)

Drama

Driving Miss Daisy by Alfred Uhry

History

The Launching of Modern American Science 1846-1876 by Robert V. Bruce (Alfred A. Knopf)

Biography or Autobiography

Look Homeward: A Life of Thomas Wolfe by David Herbert Donald (Little)

Poetry

Partial Accounts: New and Selected Poems by William Meredith (Alfred A. Knopf)

General Nonfiction

The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes (Simon and Schuster)

Music

12 New Etudes for Piano by William Bolcom

First complete performance by Marc-Andre Hamelin, pianist, on March 30, 1987 at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa.

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

The Charlotte Observer

For revealing misuse of funds by the PTL television ministry through persistent coverage conducted in the face of a massive campaign by PTL to discredit the newspaper.

General News Reporting

Staff of Lawrence (MA) Eagle-Tribune

For an investigation that revealed serious flaws in the Massachusetts prison furlough system and led to significant statewide reforms.

Staff of The Alabama Journal, Montgomery, AL

For its compelling investigation of the state's unusually high infant-mortality rate, which prompted legislation to combat the problem.

Investigative Reporting

Dean Baquet, William Gaines and Ann Marie Lipinski of Chicago Tribune

For their detailed reporting on the self-interest and waste that plague Chicago's City Council.

Explanatory Journalism

Daniel Hertzberg and James B. Stewart of The Wall Street Journal

For their stories about an investment banker charged with insider trading and the critical day that followed the October 19, 1987, stock market crash.

Specialized Reporting

Walt Bogdanich of The Wall Street Journal

For his chilling series of reports on faulty testing by American medical laboratories.

National Reporting

Tim Weiner of The Philadelphia Inquirer

For his series of reports on a secret Pentagon budget used by the government to sponsor defense research and an arms buildup.

International Reporting

Thomas L. Friedman of The New York Times

For balanced and informed coverage of Israel.

Feature Writing

Jacqui Banaszynski of St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch

For her moving series about the life and death of an AIDS victim in a rural farm community.

Commentary

Dave Barry of The Miami Herald

For his consistently effective use of humor as a device for presenting fresh insights into serious concerns.

Criticism

Tom Shales of The Washington Post

For his television criticism.

Editorial Writing

Jane Healy of Orlando Sentinel

For her series of editorials protesting overdevelopment of Florida's Orange County.

Editorial Cartooning

Doug Marlette of The Atlanta Constitution and Charlotte Observer

Spot News Photography

Scott Shaw of Odessa (TX) American

For his photograph of the child Jessica McClure being rescued from the well into which she had fallen.

Feature Photography

Michel duCille of The Miami Herald

For photographs portraying the decay and subsequent rehabilitation of a housing project overrun by the drug crack.