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1981 Pulitzer Prizes
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Journalism
Category
Winners
Finalists
Public Service
Public Service
Charlotte (NC) Observer
For its series on "Brown Lung: A Case of Deadly Neglect."
Finalists:
Staff of
Long Beach (CA) Independent Press-Telegram
Staff of
The Nashville Tennessean
National Reporting
National Reporting
John M. Crewdson of
The New York Times
For his coverage of illegal aliens and immigration.
Finalists:
Jonathan Neumann and Ted Gup of
The Washington Post
Joseph Volz, Richard Edmonds, Bob Herbert and Alton Slagle of
New York Daily News
Donald Barlett and James B. Steele of
The Philadelphia Inquirer
International Reporting
International Reporting
Shirley Christian of
The Miami Herald
For her dispatches from Central America.
Finalists:
Richard Ben Cramer of
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Randall Richard of
The Providence Journal-Bulletin
Feature Writing
Feature Writing
Teresa Carpenter of
The Village Voice
, New York, NY
(The prize was first awarded to Janet Cooke of The Washington Post, but it was returned two days later after The Post learned that the winning story was fabricated.)
Finalists:
Madeleine Blais of
The Miami Herald
Douglas J. Swanson of
Dallas Times Herald
Commentary
Commentary
Dave Anderson of
The New York Times
For his commentary on sports.
Finalists:
Richard M. Cohen of
The Washington Post
Howard Rosenberg of
Los Angeles Times
Criticism
Criticism
Jonathan Yardley of
The Washington Star
For his book reviews.
Finalists:
Henry Kisor of
Chicago Sun-Times
Allan Temko of
San Francisco Chronicle
Feature Photography
Feature Photography
Taro M. Yamasaki of
Detroit Free Press
For his photographs of Jackson (Mich.) State Prison.
Finalists:
Paul Beaver of
Jackson (MS) Clarion-Ledger
Michael C. Hayman of
Flint (MI) Journal
Local General or Spot News Reporting
Local General or Spot News Reporting
Staff of
Longview (WA) Daily News
For its coverage of the Mt. St. Helens story, including the photographs by Roger A. Werth.
Finalists:
Staff of
Baltimore News American
Newsroom Staff of
The Miami Herald
Local Investigative Specialized Reporting
Local Investigative Specialized Reporting
Clark Hallas and Robert B. Lowe of
The Arizona Daily Star
For their investigation of the University of Arizona Athletic Department.
Finalists:
Richard Morin, Carl Hiaasen and Susan Sachs of
The Miami Herald
Pamela Zekman, Gene Mustain, Gilbert Jimenez, Norma Sosa, Larry Cose, Patricia Smith and John Whit of
Chicago Sun-Times
Editorial Cartooning
Editorial Cartooning
Mike Peters of
Dayton (OH) Daily News
Finalists:
Jules Feiffer of
The Village Voice
, New York, NY
Paul Szep of
The Boston Globe
Spot News Photography
Spot News Photography
Larry C. Price of
Fort Worth (TX) Star-Telegram
For his photographs from Liberia.
Finalists:
David Tenenbaum of
Associated Press
Roger A. Werth of
Longview (WA) Daily News
Special Citations
Books, Drama & Music
Category
Winners
Finalists
Fiction
Fiction
A Confederacy of Dunces
, by John Kennedy Toole (Louisiana State U. Press)
Finalists:
Godric
, by Frederick Buechner (Atheneum)
So Long, See You Tomorrow
, by William Maxwell (Knopf)
Drama
Drama
Crimes of the Heart
, by Beth Henley
Finalists:
History
History
American Education: The National Experience, 1783-1876
, by Lawrence A. Cremin (Harper & Row)
Finalists:
Over Here: The First World War and American Society
, by David M. Kennedy (Oxford)
A Search for Power: The 'Weaker Sex' in Seventeenth Century New England
, by Lyle Koehler (Illinois)
Biography
Biography
Peter the Great: His Life and World
, by Robert K. Massie (Knopf)
Finalists:
Walt Whitman: A Life
, by Justin Kaplan (Simon & Schuster)
Walter Lippmann and the American Century
, by Ronald Steel (Atlanti'Little)
Poetry
Poetry
The Morning of the Poem
, by James Schuyler (Farrar)
Finalists:
The Right Madness on Skye
, by Richard Hugo (Norton)
Selected Poems
, by Mark Strand (Atheneum)
General Nonfiction
General Nonfiction
Fin-De Siecle Vienna: Politics And Culture
, by Carl E. Schorske (Knopf)
Finalists:
Southerners: A Journalist's Odyssey
, by Marshall Frady (New American Library)
China Men
, by Maxine Hong Kingston (Knopf)
Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War
, by William Manchester (Little)
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