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2008 Pulitzer Prize winners in journalism and the arts
JOURNALISM: Public Service: The Washington Post Breaking News Reporting: The Washington Post staff Investigative Reporting: Walt Bogdanich and Jake Hooker of The New York Times and The Chicago Tribune Staff Explanatory Reporting: Amy Harmon of The New York Times Local Reporting: David Umhoefer of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel National Reporting: Jo Becker and Barton Gellman of The Washington Post International Reporting: Steve Fainaru of The Washington Post Feature Writing: Gene Weingarten of The Washington Post Commentary: Steven Pearlstein of The Washington Post Criticism: Mark Feeney of The Boston Globe Editorial Writing: No Award Editorial Cartooning: Michael Ramirez of Investor’s Business Daily Breaking News Photography: Adrees Latif of Reuters Feature Photography: Preston Gannaway of the Concord (N.H.) Monitor
ARTS:
Fiction: “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,” by Junot Diaz (Riverhead Books) Drama: “August: Osage County,” by Tracy Letts History: “What Hath God Wrought: the Transformation of America, 1815-1848,” by Daniel Walker Howe (Oxford University Press) Biography: “Eden’s Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father,” by John Matteson (W.W. Norton) Poetry: “Time and Materials,” by Robert Hass (Ecco/HarperCollins) and “Failure,” by Philip Schultz (Harcourt) General Nonfiction: “The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945,” by Saul Friedlander (HarperCollins)
MUSIC: “The Little Match Girl Passion,” by David Lang, premiered Oct. 25, 2007, at Carnegie Hall, New York. (G. Schirmer, Inc.)
SPECIAL CITATION: Bob Dylan
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