2012 Pulitzer Prize Winners

Awards ranging from journalism to drama to music

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Journalism

• Public Service: The Philadelphia Inquirer
• Breaking News Reporting: The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News Staff
• Investigative Reporting:
  Matt Apuzzo, Adam Goldman, Eileen Sullivan and Chris Hawley of the Associated Press
  
  Michael J. Berens and Ken Armstrong of The Seattle Times
• Explanatory Reporting: David Kocieniewski of The New York Times
• Local Reporting: Sara Ganim and members of The Patriot News Staff, Harrisburg, PA
• National Reporting: David Wood of The Huffington Post
• International Reporting: Jeffrey Gettleman of The New York Times
• Feature Writing: Eli Sanders of The Stranger, a Seattle (Wash.) weekly
• Commentary: Mary Schmich of The Chicago Tribune
• Criticism: Wesley Morris of The Boston Globe
• Editorial Writing: No award
• Editorial Cartooning: Matt Wuerker of POLITICO
• Breaking News Photography: Massoud Hossaini of Agence France-Presse
• Feature Photography: Craig F. Walker of The Denver Post

Letters, Drama, and Music

• Fiction: No award
• Drama: Water by the Spoonful by Quiara Alegría Hudes
• History: Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by the late Manning Marable (Viking Adult)
• Biography: George F. Kennan: An American Life by John Lewis Gaddis (The Penguin Press)
• Poetry: Life on Mars by Tracy K. Smith (Graywolf Press)
• General Nonfiction: The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt (W.W. Norton & Company)
• Music: Silent Night: Opera in Two Acts by Kevin Puts (Aperto Press)

Special Citations and Awards

• No special citations or awards were given for this time period.

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