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Awards ranging from journalism to fiction to music Related Links Pulitzer Prizes Joseph Pulitzer Biography Book, Magazine, and Newspaper Awards National Book Awards Man Booker Prize National Journalism Awards JournalismPublic Service: Los Angeles Times Breaking News Reporting: No award Investigative Reporting: Paige St. John of Sarasota Herald-Tribune Explanatory Reporting: Mark Johnson, Kathleen Gallagher, Gary Porter, Lou Saldivar, and Alison Sherwood of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Local Reporting: Frank Main, Mark Konkol, and John J. Kim of Chicago Sun-Times National Reporting: Jesse Eisinger and Jake Bernstein of ProPublica International Reporting: Clifford J. Levy and Ellen Barry of The New York Times Feature Writing: Amy Ellis Nutt of The Star-Ledger Commentary: David Leonhardt of The New York Times Criticism: Sebastian Smee of The Boston Globe Editorial Writing: Joseph Rago of The Wall Street Journal Editorial Cartooning: Mike Keefe of The Denver Post Breaking News Photography: Carol Guzy, Nikki Kahn, and Ricky Carioti of The Washington Post Feature Photography: Barbara Davidson of Los Angeles Times Letters, Drama, and MusicFiction: A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (Alfred A. Knopf) Drama: Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris History: The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery by Eric Foner (W.W. Norton & Company) Biography: Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow (The Penguin Press) Poetry: The Best of It: New and Selected Poems by Kay Ryan (Grove/Atlantic) General Nonfiction: The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee (Scribner) Music: Madame White Snake by Zhou Long (Oxford University Press) Special Citations and AwardsThere are no special citations for this time period. More from Pulitzer Prizes

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  • Public Service: Los Angeles Times Breaking News Reporting: No award Investigative Reporting: Paige St. John of Sarasota Herald-Tribune Explanatory Reporting: Mark Johnson, Kathleen Gallagher, Gary Porter, Lou Saldivar, and Alison Sherwood of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Local Reporting: Frank Main, Mark Konkol, and John J. Kim of Chicago Sun-Times National Reporting: Jesse Eisinger and Jake Bernstein of ProPublica International Reporting: Clifford J. Levy and Ellen Barry of The New York Times Feature Writing: Amy Ellis Nutt of The Star-Ledger Commentary: David Leonhardt of The New York Times Criticism: Sebastian Smee of The Boston Globe Editorial Writing: Joseph Rago of The Wall Street Journal Editorial Cartooning: Mike Keefe of The Denver Post Breaking News Photography: Carol Guzy, Nikki Kahn, and Ricky Carioti of The Washington Post Feature Photography: Barbara Davidson of Los Angeles Times

Letters, Drama, and Music

  • Fiction: A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (Alfred A. Knopf) Drama: Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris History: The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery by Eric Foner (W.W. Norton & Company) Biography: Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow (The Penguin Press) Poetry: The Best of It: New and Selected Poems by Kay Ryan (Grove/Atlantic) General Nonfiction: The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee (Scribner) Music: Madame White Snake by Zhou Long (Oxford University Press)

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  • Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?
  • The Twelve Dancing Princesses
  • Current Events This Week: January 2023
  • African Americans by the Numbers
  • Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
  • The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales