2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners

Awards ranging from journalism to fiction to music

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Journalism

• Public Service: Los Angeles Times
• Breaking News Reporting: No award
• Investigative Reporting: Paige St. John of Sarasota Herald-Tribune
• Explanatory Reporting: Mark Johnson, Kathleen Gallagher, Gary Porter, Lou Saldivar, and Alison Sherwood of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• Local Reporting: Frank Main, Mark Konkol, and John J. Kim of Chicago Sun-Times
• National Reporting: Jesse Eisinger and Jake Bernstein of ProPublica
• International Reporting: Clifford J. Levy and Ellen Barry of The New York Times
• Feature Writing: Amy Ellis Nutt of The Star-Ledger
• Commentary: David Leonhardt of The New York Times
• Criticism: Sebastian Smee of The Boston Globe
• Editorial Writing: Joseph Rago of The Wall Street Journal
• Editorial Cartooning: Mike Keefe of The Denver Post
• Breaking News Photography: Carol Guzy, Nikki Kahn, and Ricky Carioti of The Washington Post
• Feature Photography: Barbara Davidson of Los Angeles Times

Letters, Drama, and Music

• Fiction: A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (Alfred A. Knopf)
• Drama: Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris
• History: The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery by Eric Foner (W.W. Norton & Company)
• Biography: Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow (The Penguin Press)
• Poetry: The Best of It: New and Selected Poems by Kay Ryan (Grove/Atlantic)
• General Nonfiction: The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee (Scribner)
• Music: Madame White Snake by Zhou Long (Oxford University Press)

Special Citations and Awards

• There are no special citations for this time period.

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