Letters, Drama, and Music

Fiction

Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer by Steven Millhauser (Crown)

Drama

No award.

History

Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution by Jack N. Rakove (Alfred A. Knopf)

Biography or Autobiography

Angela's Ashes: A Memoir by Frank McCourt (Scribner)

Poetry

Alive Together: New and Selected Poems by Lisel Mueller (Louisiana State University Press)

General Nonfiction

Ashes To Ashes: America's Hundred-Year Cigarette War, The Public Health, And The Unabashed Triumph Of Philip Morris by Richard Kluger (Alfred A. Knopf)

Music

Blood on the Fields by Wynton Marsalis

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 Times-Picayune, New Orleans

Spot News Reporting

Staff of Newsday, Long Island, NY

Investigative Reporting

Eric Nalder, Deborah Nelson and Alex Tizon of The Seattle Times

Explanatory Journalism

Michael Vitez, reporter, and April Saul and Ron Cortes, photographers, of The Philadelphia Inquirer

Beat Reporting

Byron Acohido of The Seattle Times

National Reporting

Staff of The Wall Street Journal

International Reporting

John F. Burns of The New York Times

Feature Writing

Lisa Pollak of The Baltimore Sun

Commentary

Eileen McNamara of The Boston Globe

Criticism

Tim Page of The Washington Post

Editorial Writing

Michael Gartner of The Daily Tribune, Ames, Iowa

Editorial Cartooning

Walt Handelsman of Times-Picayune, New Orleans

Spot News Photography

Annie Wells of The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, CA

Feature Photography

Alexander Zemlianichenko of Associated Press