1982 Pulitzer Prize

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1982.

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 his reporting 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.

Letters, Drama and Music Awards

*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 Biography" 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.

External links

** [http://www.pulitzer.org/cyear/1982w.html The Pulitzer Prizes for 1982]