1983 Pulitzer Prize
The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1983.
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 Nonfiction:
- * 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.