Finalist: The Transparent Man , by Anthony Hecht (Alfred A. Knopf )
The Jury
The Jury
George Core(Chair)
Editor, The Sewanee Review
Rita Dove*
Professor of English, University of Virginia
Howard Nemerov*
Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor of English, Washington University in St. Louis
Winners in Poetry
1991 Prize Winners
Natalie Angier
For her compelling and illuminating reports on a variety of scientific topics.
Jim Hoagland
For searching and prescient columns on events leading up to the Gulf War and on the political problems of Mikhail Gorbachev.
David Shaw
For his critiques of the way in which the media, including his own paper, reported the McMartin Pre-School child molestation case.