1984 Pulitzer Prize

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The Pulitzer Prize is an award given out to the best authors in all aspects of writing for writing pieces of exceptionally high quality. In 1984, the recipients were:

The gold medal awarded for Public Service in Journalism

1 Journalism
2 Letters, Drama, and Music
3 Special Citations and Awards
4 External link

[edit] Journalism

Los Angeles Times- for "Public Service"
Newsday team of reporters of Newsday, Long Island, N.Y.- for "Local, General, for "Spot News Reporting"
Kenneth Cooper, Joan Fitz Gerald, Jonathan Kaufman, Norman Lockman, Gary Mc Millan, Kirk Scharfenberg and David Wessel of Boston Globe- for "Local Investigative Specialized Reporting"
John Noble Wilford of New York Times- for "National Reporting"
Karen Elliott House of Wall Street Journal- for "International Reporting"
Peter Mark Rinearson of Seattle Times- for "Feature Writing"
Vermont Royster of Wall Street Journal- for "Commentary"
Paul Goldberger of New York Times- for "Criticism"
Albert Scardino of Georgia Gazette, Savannah- for "Editorial Writing"
Stan Grossfeld of Boston Globe- for "Spot News Photography"
Anthony Suau of Denver Post-for "Feature Photography"

[edit] Letters, Drama, and Music

Ironweed by William Kennedy (Viking)- for Fiction
Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet- for Drama

History was not given out this year.

Booker T. Washington: The Wizard of Tuskegee, 1901-1915 by Louis R. Harlan (Oxford U. Press)- for Biography or Autobiography
American Primitive by Mary Oliver (Atlantic-Little, Brown)- for Poetry
The Social Transformation Of American Medicine by Paul Starr (Basic Books)- for General Non-Fiction
"Canti del Sole" for Tenor and Orchestra by Bernard Rands- for Music

[edit] Special Citations and Awards

Theodor Seuss Geisel: A special citation to Theodor Seuss Geisel, more widely known as Dr. Seuss, for his special contribution over nearly half a century to the education and enjoyment of America's children and their parents.