Letters, Drama, and Music

Fiction

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon (Random House)

Drama

Proof by David Auburn

History

Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis (Alfred A. Knopf)

Biography or Autobiography

W.E.B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century, 1919-1963 by David Levering Lewis (Henry Holt and Company)

Poetry

Different Hours by Stephen Dunn (W.W. Norton & Company)

General Nonfiction

Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan by Herbert P. Bix (HarperCollins)

Music

Symphony No. 2 for String Orchestra by John Corigliano (G. Schirmer)

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 Oregonian, Portland

Breaking News Reporting

Staff of The Miami Herald

Investigative Reporting

David Willman of Los Angeles Times

Explanatory Reporting

Staff of Chicago Tribune

Beat Reporting

David Cay Johnston of The New York Times

National Reporting

Staff of The New York Times

International Reporting

Ian Johnson of The Wall Street Journal

Paul Salopek of Chicago Tribune

Feature Writing

Tom Hallman Jr. of The Oregonian, Portland

Commentary

Dorothy Rabinowitz of The Wall Street Journal

Criticism

Gail Caldwell of The Boston Globe

Editorial Writing

David Moats of Rutland (VT) Herald

Editorial Cartooning

Ann Telnaes of Tribune Media Services

Breaking News Photography

Alan Diaz of Associated Press

Feature Photography

Matt Rainey of The Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ