1982 Pulitzer Prize

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1982.

[edit] Journalism Awards

Public Service:
- The Detroit News, for exposing a cover-up in the U.S. Navy, which led to reforms in the Navy.
Local General or Spot News Reporting:
- Staff of The Kansas City Star and The Kansas City Times, for coverage of the disaster at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.
Local Investigative Specialized Reporting:
- Paul Henderson of The Seattle Times for proving a man's innocence in a rape investigation.
National Reporting:
- Rick Atkinson of The Kansas City Times, for maintaining a high quality of reporting on issues of national interest.
International Reporting:
- John Darnton of The New York Times, for her from Poland.
Feature Writing:
- Saul Pett of Associated Press, for an article on federal bureaucracy
Commentary:
- Art Buchwald of Los Angeles Times Syndicate, for his outstanding commentary.
Criticism:
- Martin Bernheimer of Los Angeles Times, for his classical music criticism.
Editorial Writing:
- Jack Rosenthal of The New York Times
Editorial Cartooning:
- Ben Sargent of Austin American-Statesman
Spot News Photography:
- Ron Edmonds of Associated Press, for his photographs covering the assassination attempt of president Reagan.
Feature Photography:
- John H. White of Chicago Sun-Times, for his consistently excellent photographs.

Fiction:
- Rabbit Is Rich by John Updike (Knopf)
Drama:
- A Soldier's Play, by Charles Fuller
History:
- Mary Chestnut's Civil War, edited by C. Vann Woodward (Yale U. Press)
Biography or Autobiography:
- Grant: A Biograhpy by William McFeely (Norton)
Poetry:
- The Collected Poems by the late Sylvia Plath(a posthumous publication) (Harper&Row)
General Non-Fiction:
- The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder (Atlantic-Little, Brown )
Music:
- Concerto for Orchestra, by Roger Sessions.