The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1979. The gold medal awarded for Public Service in Journalism The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical compositions. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ...

Journalism Awards

• Public Service:
  • The Point Reyes Light, a California weekly. For its investigation of Synanon.
• Local General or Spot News Reporting:
  • The San Diego Evening Tribune, for its coverage of the collision of a Pacific Southwest air liner with a small plane over its city.
• Local Investigative Specialized Reporting:
  • Gilbert M. Gaul and Elliot G. Jaspin of the Pottsville Republican (Pennsylvania). For stories on the destruction of the Blue Coal Company by men with ties to organized crime.
• National Reporting:
  • James Risser of the Des Moines Register, for a series on farming damage to the environment.
• International Reporting:
  • Richard Ben Cramer of The Philadelphia Inquirer, for reports from the Middle East.
• Feature Writing:
  • Jon D. Franklin, science writer of The Baltimore Evening Sun, for an account of brain surgery.
• Commentary:
  • Russell Baker of The New York Times.
• Criticism:
  • Paul Gapp, architecture critic of the Chicago Tribune.
• Editorial Writing:
  • Edwin M. Yoder Jr. of the Washington Star.
• Editorial Cartooning:
  • Herbert L. Block (Herblock) of The Washington Post, for the body of his work.
• Spot News Photography:
  • Thomas J. Kelly III of the Pottstown Mercury (Pennsylvania), for a series called Tragedy on Sanatoga Road.
• Feature Photography:
  • Staff Photographers of the Boston Herald American, for photographic coverage of the blizzard of 1978.

The Pulitzer Prize for Public Service has been awarded since 1918 for a distinguished example of meritorious public service by a newspaper through the use of its journalistic resources which may include editorials, cartoons, and photographs, as well as reporting. ... The Point Reyes Light is a weekly newspaper published since 1948 in western Marin County, California. ... Synanon was initially a drug rehabilitation program founded by Charles Dederich Sr. ... The San Diego Union-Tribune is a daily newspaper published in San Diego, California by the Copley Press. ... PSA Flight 182 was a Pacific Southwest Airlines commercial flight that flew on a Sacramento-Los Angeles-San Diego route. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting has been awarded since 1953 for a distinguished example of investigative reporting by an individual or team, presented as a single article or series in print journalism. ... The Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting has been awarded since 1948 for a distinguished example of reporting on national affairs. ... The Des Moines Register is the daily morning newspaper of Des Moines, Iowa, in the United States. ... The Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting has been awarded since 1948 for a distinguished example of reporting on international affairs, including United Nations correspondence. ... The Philadelphia Inquirer is one of a two Knight Ridder newspaper duopoly daily for the Philadelphia area. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing has been awarded since 1979 for a distinguished example of feature writing giving prime consideration to high literary quality and originality. ... The Sun is the major newspaper in Baltimore, Maryland, with a daily press run of 247,193 copies and a Sunday run of 418,670 copies (9/30/05 Audit Bureau of Circulations report). ... The Pulitzer Prize for Commentary has been awarded since 1970. ... Russell Wayne Baker (born August 14, 1925) is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning writer known for his satirical commentary and self-critical prose. ... The New York Times is a newspaper published in New York City by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Criticism has been presented since 1970 to a newspaper writer who has demonstrated distinguished criticism. Recipients of the award are chosen by an independent board and officially administered by Columbia University. ... The Chicago Tribune, formerly self-styled as the Worlds Greatest Newspaper, remains one of the principal daily newspapers of the midwestern United States. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing has been awarded since 1917 for distinguished editorial writing, the test of excellence being clearness of style, moral purpose, sound reasoning, and power to influence public opinion in what the writer conceives to be the right direction. ... The Washington Star, previously known as the Washington Star-News and the Washington Evening Star, was a daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. between 1852 and 1982. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning has been awarded since 1922 for a distinguished cartoon or portfolio of cartoons published during the year, characterized by originality, editorial effectiveness, quality of drawing, and pictorial effect. ... Herbert Lawrence Block, commonly known as Herblock (October 13, 1909 – October 7, 2001), was a U.S. editorial cartoonist. ... The Washington Post is the largest and oldest newspaper in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography was awarded from 1968 – 1999, thereafter being renamed and split into the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography and the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography. ... The Mercury is a daily newspaper, published in Pottstown, Pennsylvania in the United States. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography has been awarded since 1968 for a distinguished example of feature photography in black and white or color, which may consist of a photograph or photographs, a sequence or an album. ... The Boston Herald is a tabloid newspaper (not to be confused with tabloid press periodicals), the smaller of the two big dailies in Boston, Massachusetts, with a daily circulation of 230,543 in September 2005. ...

Letters, Drama and Music Awards

• Fiction:
  • The Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever.
• Drama:
  • Buried Child by Sam Shepard.
• History:
  • The Dred Scott Case by Don E. Fehrenbacher.
• Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography:
  • Days of Sorrow and Pain: Leo Baeck and the Berlin Jews by Leonard Baker.
• Poetry:
  • Now and Then by Robert Penn Warren.
• General Non-Fiction:
  • On Human Nature by Edward O. Wilson.
• Music:
  • Aftertones of Infinity by Joseph Schwantner, first performed by the American Composers Orchestra on January 29, 1979 in Alice Tully Hall New York City.

The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction has been awarded since 1948 for distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life. ... The Stories of John Cheever is a short story collection by American author John Cheever. ... John Cheever (May 27, 1912–June 18, 1982) was an American novelist and short story writer, sometimes called the Chekhov of the suburbs. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Drama was first awarded in 1918. ... Buried Child is a play by Sam Shepard that won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and launched Shepard to national fame as a playwright. ... Actor Sam Shepard mulls over a scene in the motion picture Stealth, while filming on June 15, 2004, aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. ... The Pulitzer Prize for History has been awarded since 1917 for a distinguished book upon the history of the United States. ... Don Edward Fehrenbacher was a well known Historian of 10th century US politics, Slavery, and Abraham Lincoln. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography has been presented since 1917 for a distinguished biography or autobiography by an American author. ... Leo Baeck (1873-1956) Rabbi Dr. Leo Baeck (May 23, 1873, Leszno, Poland – November 2, 1956, London, England) was an outstanding 20th century German-Jewish scholar and a leader of Progressive Judaism. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author. ... Robert Penn Warren Robert Penn Warren (April 24, 1905 - September 15, 1989) was an American poet and novelist. ... The Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction has been awarded since 1962 for a distinguished book of non-fiction by an American author that is not eligible for consideration in any other category. ... E.O. Wilson with Dynastes hercules E. O. Wilson, or Edward Osborne Wilson, (born June 10, 1929) is an entomologist and biologist known for his work on ecology, evolution, and sociobiology. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Music was first awarded in 1943. ... Joseph Schwantner (b. ... The American Composers Orchestra is an American orchestra based in New York City that primarily performs contemporary compositions by American composers. ... The Alice Tully Hall is a concert hall that is part of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. ...

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