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2009 Pulitzer Prize Board
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front row: A. Gyllenhaal, J. Dehli, T. Friedman, R. Oppel, A.M. Lipinski, S. Gissler, K.A. Willey, A. Bennett
back row: K. Carroll, D. Allen, P. Gigot, G. Moore, P. Tash, D. Kennedy, R. Beck, J. Amoss

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Richard Oppel, chair; Sig Gissler, administrator

Steve Reich

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Lee Bollinger and Steve Reich
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A major work that displays an ability to channel an initial burst of energy into a large-scale musical event, built with masterful control and consistently intriguing to the ear.
Tags: 2009
Categories: Music
Publisher
Boosey & Hawkes
Publication
Double Sextet

Douglas A. Blackmon

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Lee Bollinger and Douglas A. Blackmon
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A precise and eloquent work that examines a deliberate system of racial suppression and that rescues a multitude of atrocities from virtual obscurity.
Tags: 2009
Categories: General Nonfiction
Publisher
Doubleday
Publication
Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II

Jon Meacham

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Lee Bollinger and Jon Meacham
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An unflinching portrait of a not always admirable democrat but a pivotal president, written with an agile prose that brings the Jackson saga to life.
Tags: 2009
Categories: Biography
Publisher
Random House
Publication
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

Annette Gordon-Reed

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Lee Bollinger and Annette Gordon-Reed
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A painstaking exploration of a sprawling multi-generation slave family that casts provocative new light on the relationship between Sally Hemings and her master, Thomas Jefferson.
Tags: 2009
Categories: History
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Publication
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family

Lynn Nottage

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Lee Bollinger and Lynn Nottage
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A searing drama set in chaotic Congo that compels audiences to face the horror of wartime rape and brutality while still finding affirmation of life and hope amid hopelessness.
Tags: 2009
Categories: Drama
Publication
Ruined

Elizabeth Strout

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Lee Bollinger and Elizabeth Strout
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A collection of 13 short stories set in small-town Maine that packs a cumulative emotional wallop, bound together by polished prose and by Olive, the title character, blunt, flawed and fascinating.
Tags: 2009
Categories: Fiction
Publisher
Random House
Publication
Olive Kitteridge

Damon Winter

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Lee Bollinger and Damon Winter
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For his memorable array of pictures deftly capturing multiple facets of Barack Obama's presidential campaign.
Tags: 2009
Categories: Feature Photography
Publication
The New York Times

Steve Breen

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Lee Bollinger and Steve Breen
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For his agile use of a classic style to produce wide ranging cartoons that engage readers with power, clarity and humor.
Tags: 2009
Categories: Editorial Cartooning
Publication
The San Diego Union-Tribune

Mark Mahoney

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Lee Bollinger and Mark Mahoney
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For his relentless, down-to-earth editorials on the perils of local government secrecy, effectively admonishing citizens to uphold their right to know.
Tags: 2009
Location
Glens Falls, NY
Categories: Editorial Writing
Publication
The Post-Star

Holland Cotter

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Lee Bollinger and Holland Cotter
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For his wide ranging reviews of art, from Manhattan to China, marked by acute observation, luminous writing and dramatic storytelling.
Tags: 2009
Categories: Criticism
Publisher
The New York Times
Publication
The New York Times