![]() Stevens is currently the art critic for New York magazine, while Swan is a veteran magazine writer who has worked for Time and Newsweek. Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan won in the biography category for "de Kooning: An American Master." Their sweeping biography of the artist was 10 years in the making, following de Kooning from his work as an abstract expressionist through his battles with alcoholism and Alzheimer's. "But it's such a profound treat that people do find it meaningful."ĭavid Hackett Fischer, a professor at Brandeis University, won the prize for history for his "Washington's Crossing." His previous books include "Paul Revere's Ride." "It's such a private thing to write a book, and when I'm writing I can't think about whether it will appeal to other people," said Robinson, a teacher at the University of Iowa's Writer's Workshop. Her first novel, "Housekeeping," appeared in 1980 and was nominated for a Pulitzer. The Pulitzer for fiction went to Marilynne Robinson for "Gilead," her poetic, modern-day tale of a dying Iowa preacher. Shanley, who has written a number of successful off-Broadway plays, captured the Academy Award for best screenplay for "Moonstruck" in 1988. It tells the story of a confrontation between a nun and a Roman Catholic priest at a Bronx parish she suspects the priest of molesting a male student. Shanley's play opened on Broadway just last week to critical acclaim after an off-Broadway run. In arts, "Doubt," the first Broadway play by Oscar-winning writer John Patrick Shanley, won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for drama. The awards are given by Columbia University on the recommendation of the 18-member Pulitzer board, which considers nominations from jurors in each category. Deanne Fitzmaurice of the San Francisco Chronicle won for feature photography for what the judges said was her "sensitive photo essay" on an Oakland hospital's effort to mend an Iraqi boy nearly killed by an explosion.Įach prize is worth $10,000, except for public service, which is recognized with a gold medal.Nick Anderson of The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Ky., won for editorial cartooning for his unusual graphic style that produced "thoughtful and powerful messages," the judges said.Tom Philp of The Sacramento (Calif.) Bee won for editorials on reclaiming California's flooded Hetch Hetchy Valley.Connie Schultz of The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer was cited for what the judges called her "pungent columns that provided a voice for the underdog and underprivileged.".Julia Keller of the Chicago Tribune won for feature writing for her reconstruction of a deadly tornado.In awarding the public service citation, the judges praised the Times for "its courageous, exhaustively researched series exposing deadly medical problems and racial injustice at a major public hospital." ![]() Two prizes were awarded for international reporting: Kim Murphy of the Los Angeles Times for her reporting from Russia and Newsday's Dele Olojede for his look at Rwanda a decade after its genocidal civil war. Walt Bogdanich of The New York Times won for national reporting for stories about the corporate coverup of responsibility for fatal accidents at railroad crossings.
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