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The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1986.

Journalism

• Public service: The Denver Post
  • "For its in-depth study of "missing children", which revealed that most are involved in custody disputes or are runaways and which helped mitigate national fears stirred by exaggerated statistics."
• General news reporting: Edna Buchanan of The Miami Herald
  • "For her versatile and consistently excellent police beat reporting."
• Investigative reporting: Jeffrey A. Marx and Michael M. York of the Lexington Herald Leader
  • "For their series "Playing Above the Rules," which exposed cash payoffs to University of Kentucky basketball players in violation of NCAA regulations and led to significant reforms.."
• Explanatory reporting: Staff of The New York Times
  • "For a six-part comprehensive series on the Strategic Defense Initiative, which explored the scientific, political and foreign policy issues involved in 'Star Wars'."
• Specialized Reporting: Andrew Schneider and Mary Pat Flaherty of the Pittsburgh Press
  • "For their investigation of violations and failures in the organ transplantation system in the United States."
• National reporting: Craig Flournoy and George Rodrigue of The Dallas Morning News
  • "For their investigation into subsidized housing in East Texas, which uncovered patterns of racial discrimination and segregation in public housing across the United States and led to significant reforms."
• National reporting: Arthur Howe of The Philadelphia Inquirer
  • "For his enterprising and indefatigable reporting on massive deficiencies in IRS processing of tax returns-reporting that eventually inspired major changes in IRS procedures and prompted the agency to make a public apology to U.S. taxpayers."
• International reporting: Lewis M. Simons, Pete Carey and Katherine Ellison of the San Jose Mercury News
  • "For their June 1985 series that documented massive transfers of wealth abroad by President Marcos and his associates and had a direct impact on subsequent political developments in the Philippines and the United States."
• Feature writing: John Camp of St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch
  • "For his five-part series examining the life of an American farm family faced with the worst U.S. agricultural crisis since the Depression."
• Commentary: Jimmy Breslin of the New York Daily News
  • "For columns which consistently champion ordinary citizens"
• Criticism: Donal Henahan of The New York Times
  • "For his music criticism."
• Editorial writing: Jack Fuller of the Chicago Tribune
  • "For his editorials on constitutional issues."
• Editorial cartooning: Jules Feiffer of The Village Voice, New York City
• Spot news photography: Carol Guzy and Michel duCille of The Miami Herald
  • "For their photographs of the devastation caused by the eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Colombia."
• Feature photography: Tom Gralish of The Philadelphia Inquirer
  • "For his series of photographs of Philadelphia's homeless."

Letters and Drama

• Fiction: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry (Simon & Schuster)
• History: ...the Heavens and the Earth: A Political History of the Space Age by Walter A. McDougall (Basic Books)
• Biography or Autobiography: Louise Bogan: A Portrait by Elizabeth Frank (Alfred A. Knopf)
• Poetry: The Flying Change by Henry Taylor (Louisiana State University Press)
• General Nonfiction: Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families by J. Anthony Lukas (Alfred A. Knopf)
• General Nonfiction: Move Your Shadow: South Africa, Black and White by Joseph Lelyveld (Times Books)
• Music: Wind Quintet No. 4 by George Perle (Galaxy Music)
  Premiered on October 2, 1985

References

1. "The Denver Post won the 1986 Pulitzer Prize today... - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
2. "BUCHANAN TAKES READERS ON HER BEAT". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
3. "John Camp wins Pulitzer Prize". archive.mpr.org. 18 April 1986. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
4. "The prestigious 1986 Pulitzer Prize for fiction Thursday was... - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
5. "Texas author evoked the drama of American West". enewspaper.latimes.com. Retrieved 2023-04-20.

External links

• Official website

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