The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1983. 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. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Journalism Awards

• Public Service:
  • The Jackson Clarion-Ledger, for its successful campaign supporting Governor Winter in his legislative battle for reform of Mississippi's public education system.
• Local General or Spot News Reporting:
  • Editorial Staff of the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, for its courageous and resourceful coverage of a devastating flood in March 1982.
• Local Investigative Specialized Reporting:
  • Loretta Tofani of The Washington Post, for her investigation of rape and sexual assault in the Prince George's County, Maryland, Detention Center.
• National Reporting:
  • The Boston Globe, For its balanced and informative special report on the nuclear arms race.
• International Reporting:
  • Thomas Friedman and Loren Jenkins of The New York Times and Washington Post (respectively)

For their individual reporting of the Israeli invasion of Beirut and its tragic aftermath. 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 Clarion-Ledger is the daily newspaper in Jackson, Mississippi. ... William Forrest Winter (born in Grenada, Mississippi on February 21, 1923) is an American politician from Mississippi. ... The News-Sentinel is one of two major newspapers based out of Fort Wayne, Indiana. ... 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. ... Loretta Tofani is an American journalist. ... The Washington Post is the largest and oldest newspaper in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. ... The Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting has been awarded since 1948 for a distinguished example of reporting on national affairs. ... The Boston Globe is the most widely circulated daily newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts and in the greater New England region. ... US and USSR/Russian nuclear weapons stockpiles, 1945-2005. ... The Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting has been awarded since 1948 for a distinguished example of reporting on international affairs, including United Nations correspondence. ... Thomas L. Friedman Thomas L. Friedman (born July 20, 1953) is an American journalist, columnist and author, currently working as an Op-Ed contributor to the New York Times. ... The New York Times is a newspaper published in New York City by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. ... For other uses, see Beirut (disambiguation). ...

• Feature Writing:
  • Nan Robertson of The New York Times, for her memorable and medically detailed account of her struggle with toxic shock syndrome.
• Commentary:
  • Claude Sitton of the Raleigh News & Observer.
• Criticism:
  • Manuela Hoelterhoff of The Wall Street Journal, for her wide-ranging criticism on the arts and other subjects.
• Editorial Writing:
  • The Miami Herald Editorial Board, for its campaign against the detention of illegal Haitian immigrants by federal officials.
• Editorial Cartooning:
  • Richard Locher of the Chicago Tribune.
• Spot News Photography:
  • Bill Foley of Associated Press, for his moving series of pictures of victims and survivors of the massacre in the Sabra Camp in Beirut.
• Feature Photography:
  • James B. Dickman of the Dallas Times Herald, for his telling photographs of life and death in El Salvador.

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Letters, Drama and Music Awards

• Fiction:
  • The Color Purple by Alice Walker.
• Drama:
  • 'night, Mother by Marsha Norman.
• History:
  • The Transformation of Virginia, 1740-1790 by Rhys L. Isaac.
• Biography or Autobiography:
  • Growing Up by Russell Baker.
• Poetry:
  • Selected Poems by Galway Kinnell.
• General Non-Fiction:
  • Is There No Place On Earth For Me? by Susan Sheehan.
• Music:
  • Symphony No. I (Three Movements for Orchestra) by Ellen Zwilich. Commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra and premiered by that orchestra on May 5, 1982 in Alice Tully Hall, New York City.

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