1986 Pulitzer Prize

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The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1986.

[edit] Journalism

• Public service: The Denver Post
  • "For its in-depth study of "missing children", which revealed that most are involved in custody disputes or are runaways, and which helped mitigate national fears stirred by exaggerated statistics."

• General news reporting: Edna Buchanan of The Miami Herald
  • "For her versatile and consistently excellent police beat reporting."

• Investigative reporting: Jeffrey A. Marx and Michael M. York of the Lexington Herald Leader
  • "For their series "Playing Above the Rules," which exposed cash payoffs to University of Kentucky basketball players in violation of NCAA regulations and led to significant reforms.."

• Explanatory reporting: Staff of The New York Times
  • "For a six-part comprehensive series on the Strategic Defense Initiative, which explored the scientific, political and foreign policy issues involved in 'Star Wars'."

• Specialized Reporting: Andrew Schneider and Mary Pat Flaherty of the Pittsburgh Press
  • For their investigation of violations and failures in the organ transplantation system in the United States."

• National reporting: Craig Flournoy and George Rodrigue of The Dallas Morning News
  • "For their investigation into subsidized housing in East Texas, which uncovered patterns of racial discrimination and segregation in public housing across the United States and led to significant reforms."

• National reporting: Arthur Howe of The Philadelphia Inquirer
  • "For his enterprising and indefatigable reporting on massive deficiencies in IRS processing of tax returns-reporting that eventually inspired major changes in IRS procedures and prompted the agency to make a public apology to U.S. taxpayers."

• International reporting: Lewis M. Simons, Pete Carey and Katherine Ellison of the San Jose Mercury News
  • "For their June 1985 series that documented massive transfers of wealth abroad by President Marcos and his associates and had a direct impact on subsequent political developments in the Philippines and the United States."

• Feature writing: John Camp of St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch
  • "For his five-part series examining the life of an American farm family faced with the worst U.S. agricultural crisis since the Depression."

• Commentary: Jimmy Breslin of the New York Daily News
  • "For columns which consistently champion ordinary citizens"

• Criticism: Donal Henahan of The New York Times
  • "For his music criticism."

• Editorial writing: Jack Fuller of the Chicago Tribune
  • "For his editorials on constitutional issues."

• Editorial cartooning: Jules Feiffer of The Village Voice, New York City

• Spot news photography: Carol Guzy and Michel duCille of the Miami Herald
  • "For their photographs of the devastation caused by the eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Colombia."

• Feature photography:Tom Gralish of The Philadelphia Inquirer
  • "For his series of photographs of Philadelphia's homeless."

[edit] Letters and Drama

• Fiction: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry (Simon & Schuster)

• History: ...the Heavens and the Earth: A Political History of the Space Age by Walter A. McDougall (Basic Books)

• Biography or autobiography: Louise Bogan: A Portrait by Elizabeth Frank (Alfred A. Knopf)

• Poetry: The Flying Change by Henry Taylor (Louisiana State University Press)

• General non-fiction: Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families by J. Anthony Lukas (Alfred A. Knopf)

• General non-fiction: Move Your Shadow: South Africa, Black and White by Joseph Lelyveld (Times Books)

• Music: Wind Quintet IV by George Perle (Galaxy Music)
  Premiered on October 2, 1985

[edit] Source

• The Pulitzer Prizes for 1986