Letters, Drama, and Music

Fiction

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri (Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin)

Drama

Dinner With Friends by Donald Margulies

History

Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 by David M. Kennedy (Oxford University Press)

Biography or Autobiography

Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov) by Stacy Schiff (Random House)

Poetry

Repair by C.K. Williams (Farrar)

General Nonfiction

Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II by John W. Dower (W.W. Norton & Company/The New Press)

Music

Life is a Dream, Opera in Three Acts: Act II, Concert Version by Lewis Spratlan

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 Washington Post, notably for the work of Katherine Boo

Breaking News Reporting

Staff of The Denver Post

Investigative Reporting

Sang-Hun Choe, Charles J. Hanley and Martha Mendoza of Associated Press

Explanatory Reporting

Eric Newhouse of Great Falls (Mont.) Tribune

Beat Reporting

George Dohrmann of St. Paul Pioneer Press

National Reporting

Staff of The Wall Street Journal

International Reporting

Mark Schoofs of The Village Voice

Feature Writing

J.R. Moehringer of Los Angeles Times

Commentary

Paul A. Gigot of The Wall Street Journal

Criticism

Henry Allen of The Washington Post

Editorial Writing

John C. Bersia of The Orlando Sentinel

Editorial Cartooning

Joel Pett of Lexington (KY) Herald-Leader

Breaking News Photography

Photo Staff of Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO

Feature Photography

Carol Guzy, Michael Williamson and Lucian Perkins of The Washington Post