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1993 Pulitzer Prizes
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Journalism
Category
Winners
Finalists
Public Service
Public Service
The Miami Herald
For coverage that not only helped readers cope with Hurricane Andrew's devastation but also showed how lax zoning, inspection and building codes had contributed to the destruction.
Finalists:
Staff of
Orlando Sentinel
Staff of
The Seattle Times
Investigative Reporting
Investigative Reporting
Jeff Brazil and Steve Berry of
Orlando (FL) Sentinel
For exposing the unjust seizure of millions of dollars from motorists --most of them minorities-- by a sheriff's drug squad.
Finalists:
Dave Davis and Ted Wendling of
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Terry Ganey, Michael D. Sorkin and Louis J. Rose of
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
James Heaney of
The Buffalo News
National Reporting
National Reporting
David Maraniss of
The Washington Post
For his revealing articles on the life and political record of candidate Bill Clinton.
Finalists:
Donald C. Drake and Marian Uhlman of
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Douglas Frantz and Murray Waas of
Los Angeles Times
International Reporting
International Reporting
Roy Gutman of
Newsday
, Long Island, NY
For his courageous and persistent reporting that disclosed atrocities and other human rights violations in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
John F. Burns of
The New York Times
For his courageous and thorough coverage of the destruction of Sarajevo and the barbarous killings in the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Finalists:
Jane Perlez of
The New York Times
John-Thor Dahlburg of
Los Angeles Times
Feature Writing
Feature Writing
George Lardner Jr. of
The Washington Post
For his unflinching examination of his daughter's murder by a violent man who had slipped through the criminal justice system.
Finalists:
Hank Stuever of
Albuquerque Tribune
Judith Valente of
The Wall Street Journal
Commentary
Commentary
Liz Balmaseda of
The Miami Herald
For her commentary from Haiti about deteriorating political and social conditions and her columns about Cuban-Americans in Miami.
Finalists:
Betty DeRamus of
The Detroit News
Bill Johnson of
Orange County (CA) Register
Criticism
Criticism
Michael Dirda of
The Washington Post
For his book reviews.
Finalists:
Gail Caldwell of
The Boston Globe
Leonard Pitts Jr. of
The Miami Herald
Feature Photography
Feature Photography
Staff of
Associated Press
For its portfolio of images drawn from the 1992 presidential campaign.
Finalists:
Yunghi Kim of
The Boston Globe
Staff of
Associated Press
Spot News Reporting
Spot News Reporting
Staff of
Los Angeles Times
For balanced, comprehensive, penetrating coverage under deadline pressure of the second, most destructive day of the Los Angeles riots.
Finalists:
Staff of
The Miami Herald
Staff of
Spokane (WA) Spokesman-Review
Explanatory Journalism
Explanatory Journalism
Mike Toner of
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
For "When Bugs Fight Back," a series that explored the diminishing effectiveness of antibiotics and pesticides.
Finalists:
Dennis Farney of
The Wall Street Journal
Staff of
Post-Standard
, Syracuse, NY
Beat Reporting
Beat Reporting
Paul Ingrassia and Joseph B. White of
The Wall Street Journal
For often exclusive coverage of General Motors' management turmoil.
Finalists:
Jesse Katz of
Los Angeles Times
Fawn Vrazo of
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Editorial Cartooning
Editorial Cartooning
Stephen R. Benson of
The Arizona Republic
Finalists:
Jeff Danziger of
The Christian Science Monitor
Don Wright of
Palm Beach (FL) Post
Spot News Photography
Spot News Photography
Ken Geiger and William Snyder of
The Dallas Morning News
For their dramatic photographs of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
Finalists:
Photographic Staff of
Palm Beach (FL) Post
Photographic Staffs of
The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald
Special Citations
Books, Drama & Music
Category
Winners
Finalists
Fiction
Fiction
A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
, by Robert Olen Butler (Henry Holt)
Finalists:
At Weddings and Wakes
, by Alice McDermott (Farrar Straus Giroux)
Black Water
, by Joyce Carol Oates (Dutton)
Drama
Drama
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
, by Tony Kushner
Finalists:
The Destiny of Me
, by Larry Kramer
Fires in the Mirror
, by Anna Deavere Smith
History
History
The Radicalism of the American Revolution
, by Gordon S. Wood (Alfred A. Knopf)
Finalists:
The Promise of the New South: Life After Reconstruction
, by Edward L. Ayers (Oxford University Press)
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America
, by Garry Wills (Simon & Schuster)
Biography
Biography
Truman
, by David McCullough (Simon & Schuster)
Finalists:
Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman
, by James Gleick (Pantheon)
Kissinger
, by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster)
Poetry
Poetry
The Wild Iris
, by Louise Glück (The Ecco Press)
Finalists:
Hotel Lautreamont
, by John Ashbery (Alfred A. Knopf)
Selected Poems 1946-1985
, by James Merrill (Alfred A. Knopf)
General Nonfiction
General Nonfiction
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America
, by Garry Wills (Simon & Schuster)
Finalists:
A Chorus of Stones: The Private Life of War
, by Susan Griffin (Doubleday)
Where the Buffalo Roam
, by Anne Matthews (Grove Weidenfeld)
Days of Obligation: An Argument with My Mexican Father
, by Richard Rodriguez (Viking)
Music
Music
Trombone Concerto
, by Christopher Rouse
Premiered December 30, 1992, in New York by the New York Philharmonic.
Finalists:
Music for Cello and Orchestra
, by Leon Kirchner
Violin Concerto
, by Joan Tower
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