The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1994. Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-04-13, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...

Journalism awards

• Public Service:
  • Akron Beacon Journal, for its broad examination of local racial attitudes and its subsequent effort to promote improved communication in the community.
• Spot News Reporting:
  • Staff of New York Times, for its comprehensive coverage of the bombing of Manhattan's World Trade Center.
• Investigative Reporting:
  • Staff of Providence Journal-Bulletin, for thorough reporting that disclosed pervasive corruption within the Rhode Island court system.
• Explanatory Journalism:
  • Ronald Kotulak of Chicago Tribune, for his lucid coverage of current developments in neurological science.
• Beat Reporting:
  • Eric Freedman and Jim Mitzelfeld of Detroit News, for dogged reporting that disclosed flagrant spending abuses at Michigan's House Fiscal Agency.
• National Reporting:
  • Eileen Welsome of Albuquerque Tribune, for stories that related the experiences of Americans who had been used unknowingly in government radiation experiments nearly 50 years ago.
• International Reporting:
  • Dallas Morning News Team of Dallas Morning News, for its series examining the epidemic of violence against women in many nations.
• Feature Writing:
  • Isabel Wilkerson of New York Times, for her profile of a fourth-grader from Chicago's South Side and for two stories reporting on the Midwestern flood of 1993.
• Commentary:
  • William Raspberry of Washington Post, for his compelling commentaries on a variety of social and political topics.
• Criticism:
  • Lloyd Schwartz of Boston Phoenix, a weekly, for his skillful and resonant classical music criticism.
• Editorial Writing:
  • R. Bruce Dold of Chicago Tribune, for his series of editorials deploring the murder of a 3-year-old boy by his abusive mother and decrying the Illinois child welfare system.
• Editorial Cartooning:
  • Michael P. Ramirez of Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee, for his trenchant cartoons on contemporary issues.
• Spot News Photography:
  • Paul Watson of Toronto Star, for his photograph, published in many American newspapers, of a U.S. soldier's body being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu by a mob of jeering Somalis.
• Feature Photography:
  • Kevin Carter, a freelance photographer, for a picture first published in The New York Times of a starving Sudanese girl who collapsed on her way to a feeding center while a vulture waited nearby.

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 Akron Beacon Journal is a morning newspaper located in Akron, Ohio. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... The World Trade Center bombing was the February 26, 1993 attack in the garage of the New York City World Trade Center. ... Manhattan Borough,highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... The twin towers, photographed from the west The World Trade Center in New York City was a complex of seven buildings designed by American architect Minoru Yamasaki and leased by Larry Silverstein from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey around a central plaza, near the south end... The Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting has been awarded since 1985 for a distinguished example of investigative reporting by an individual or team, presented as a single article or series. ... State nickname: The Ocean State, Little Rhody Other U.S. States Capital Providence Largest city Providence Governor Donald Carcieri (R) Official languages None Area 4,005 km² (50th)  - Land 2,709 km²  - Water 1,296 km² (32. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism was first introduced in 1985, and continued under that name until 1997. ... The Chicago Tribune, formerly self-styled as the Worlds Greatest Newspaper, remains the leading daily newspaper of the Midwestern United States. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting has been presented since 1991 for a distinguished example of beat reporting characterized by sustained and knowledgeable coverage of a particular subject or activity. ... Along with The Detroit Free Press, The Detroit News (owned by Gannett) is one of the two major Metro Detroit newspapers. ... State nickname: Wolverine State or Great Lakes State Other U.S. States Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Governor Jennifer Granholm (D) Official languages English de-facto Area 250,941 km² (11th)  - Land 147,255 km²  - Water 103,687 km² (41. ... The Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting has been awarded since 1948 for a distinguished example of reporting on national affairs. ... 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 Dallas Morning News is the major daily newspaper serving the Dallas, Texas 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 New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... The Great Flood of 1993 was a huge, costly, and devastating flood that occurred in the American Midwest from April to October of 1993. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Commentary has been awarded since 1970. ... William Raspberry is the Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated urban affairs columnist at The Washington Post, as well as the Knight Professor of the Practice of Communications and Journalism at the Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University. ... ... 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 Boston Phoenix is an alternative weekly publication in Boston, Massachusetts that emphasizes arts and entertainment coverage, as well as alternative political viewpoints. ... An alternative weekly, alternately referred to as an alternative newsweekly or alternative newspaper, is a form of alternative media newspaper found in many centres in the United States and Canada. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... 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 Chicago Tribune, formerly self-styled as the Worlds Greatest Newspaper, remains the leading daily newspaper of the Midwestern United States. ... State nickname: Land of Lincoln, The Prairie State Other U.S. States Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) Senators Richard Durbin (D) Barack Obama (D) Official languages English Area 149,998 km² (25th)  - Land 143,968 km²  - Water 6,030 km² (4. ... 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. ... The Commercial Appeal is the predominant daily newspaper of Memphis, Tennessee. ... Memphis is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, of which it is the county seat. ... For other notable people named Paul Watson, see Paul Watson (disambiguation) Paul Watson (born December 2, 1950 in Toronto, Canada) is the founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and is a significant, albeit controversial, figure in conservationism. ... The Toronto Star is a major metropolitan newspaper produced in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Mogadishu Mogadishu (Somali: Muqdisho), a city in East Africa on the Indian Ocean, serves as the nominal capital of anarchic Somalia. ... 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 image that haunted so many people. ... A freelancer or (freelance worker) is a self-employed person working in a profession or trade in which full-time employment is also common. ... The New York Times is a newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... A Nubian Vulture Vultures are scavenging birds, feeding mostly from carcasses of dead animals. ...

Letters awards

• Fiction:
  • The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx (ISBN 068485791X)
• History:
  • no award
• Biography or Autobiography:
  • W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race 1868-1919 by David Levering Lewis (ISBN 0805035680)
• Poetry:
  • Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems by Yusef Komunyakaa (ISBN 0819522082)
• General Non-Fiction:
  • Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days Of The Soviet Empire by David Remnick (ISBN 0679423761)

The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction has been awarded since 1948 for distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life. ... The Shipping News is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel (ISBN 068485791X) by E. Annie Proulx which was published in 1993, and a film of the same name, released in 2001, set on the Canadian island of Newfoundland. ... E. Annie Proulx (born August 22, 1935) is an author who is best known for her second novel, The Shipping News (1993), which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for fiction in 1994. ... The Pulitzer Prize for History has been awarded since 1917 for a distinguished book upon the history of the United States. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography has been presented since 1917 for a distinguished biography or autobiography by an American author. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author. ... Yusef Komunyakaa (1947- ) is an eminent American poet. ... 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. ... David Remnick has been editor of The New Yorker magazine since the late 1990s. ...

Arts awards

• Drama:
  • Three Tall Women by Edward Albee (ISBN 0525939601)
• Music:
  • Of Reminiscences and Reflections by Gunther Schuller

Premiered on December 2, 1993, in Louisville, Kentucky. Performed and commissioned by The Louisville Orchestra. The Pulitzer Prize for Drama was first awarded in 1918. ... Three Tall Women is a play by Edward Albee. ... Edward Franklin Albee III (born March 12, 1928) is a leading American playwright known for intelligent, well-crafted and often unsympathetic examinations of the modern condition. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Music was first awarded in 1943. ... Gunther Schuller Gunther Schuller (born November 22, 1925) studied at the St. ... December 2 is the 336th day (337th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Louisville (usually pronounced ; see Pronunciation below) is Kentuckys largest city and the 16th largest city in the United States. ... The Louisville Orchestra is the primary orchestra in Louisville, Kentucky. ...

External links

• http://www.pulitzer.org/cyear/1994w.html