1980 Pulitzer Prize

1980 Pulitzer Prize

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1980.

Journalism Awards

*Public Service:
** "Gannett News Service", for its series on financial contributions to the Pauline Fathers.
*Local General or Spot News Reporting:
** Staff of "The Philadelphia Inquirer", for coverage of the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island.
*Local Investigative Specialized Reporting:
** Stephen A. Kurkjian, Alexander B. Hawes Jr., Nils Bruzelius, Joan Vennochi and Robert M. Porterfield of "The Boston Globe" Spotlight Team, for articles on Boston's transit system.
*National Reporting:
** Bette Swenson Orsini and Charles Stafford of the "St. Petersburg Times", for their investigation of the Church of Scientology.
*International Reporting:
** Joel Brinkley, reporter and Jay Mather, photographer of "The Louisville Courier-Journal", for stories from Cambodia.
*Feature Writing:
**Madeleine Blais of "The Miami Herald", for "Zepp's Last Stand".
*Commentary:
**Ellen H. Goodman of "The Boston Globe"
*Criticism:
** William A. Henry III of "The Boston Globe", for critical writing about television.
*Editorial Writing:
** Robert L. Bartley of "The Wall Street Journal"
*Editorial Cartooning:
** Don Wright of "The Miami News"
*Spot News Photography:
** Jahangir Razmi of "freelance photographer", distributed by United Press International, for "Firing Squad in Iran". His identity remained unknown until the end of 2006. He will receive his prize when the 2007 Pulitzer prizes are awarded.
*Feature Photography:
** Erwin H. Hagler of "The Dallas Times Herald", for a series on the Western cowboy.

Letters, Drama and Music Awards

*Fiction:
** "The Executioner's Song" by Norman Mailer
*Drama:
** "Talley's Folly" by Lanford Wilson
*History:
** "Been in the Storm So Long" by Leon F. Litwack
*Biography or Autobiography:
** "The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt" by Edmund Morris
*Poetry:
** "Selected Poems" by Donald Justice
*General Non-fiction:
** "Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid" by Douglas Hofstadter (ISBN 0-465-02656-7)
*Music:
** "In Memory of a Summer Day" by David Del Tredici

External links

* [http://www.pulitzer.org/cgi-bin/year.pl?1385,26 Pulitzer Prizes for 1980]


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