1983 Pulitzer Prize

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 The Washington Post, "For their individual reporting of the Israeli invasion of Beirut and its tragic aftermath. "
• Feature Writing:
• * Nan C. 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 the 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.

  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 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.