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1999 Pulitzer Prize Board
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front row, left to right: R. Pederson, H. Gates, H. Vendler, D. Goodwin, J. Doston, J. Fuller, E. Seaton; back row, left to right: L. Boccardi, T. Goldstein, W. Safire, G. Rupp, W. Rugaber, J. Risser, A. Barnes, S. Rowe J. Carroll, S. Topping, M. Yarbrough, W. Ketter, P. Steiger

Board Lander Sub Title
James V. Risser and Walter Rugaber, co-chairs; Seymour Topping, administrator

Justin Davidson

Publication
Newsday
Citation
For his fresh and vivid writing on classical music and its makers.
Location
Long Island, NY
Tags: 1999
Categories: Criticism

Gail Caldwell

Publication
The Boston Globe
Citation
For her compelling observations on books and popular culture.
Tags: 1999
Categories: Criticism

Henry Allen

Publication
The Washington Post
Citation
For his illuminating criticism of photography and painting.
Tags: 1999
Categories: Criticism

Donald Kaul

Publication
The Des Moines Register
Citation
For his witty columns from Washington on politics and other national issues.
Tags: 1999
Categories: Commentary

Nat Hentoff

Publication
The Village Voice
Citation
For his passionate columns championing free expression and individual rights.
Location
a New York City weekly
Tags: 1999
Categories: Commentary

Staff

Publication
The Miami Herald
Citation
For its coverage of a 12-year-old boy's electrocution at a county bus shelter and the breaking news developments in the subsequent investigation of the shelter's faulty wiring, which likely caused the boy's death.
Tags: 1999

Staff

Publication
The Jonesboro (AR) Sun
Citation
For its aggressive yet responsible coverage of a shooting at a local middle school in which two boys killed a teacher and four classmates and wounded 10 others.
Tags: 1999