1984 Pulitzer Prize

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:

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 "The 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 "The 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"

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

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.

External links

* [http://www.pulitzer.org/cyear/1984w.html Pulitzer prizes for 1984]