Who's Who of Pulitzer Prize Winners

by Elizabeth A. Brennan, Elizabeth C. Clarage

Overview

Established in 1917 by publisher Joseph Pulitzer, the Pulitzer Prize is now awarded in 21 categories, including investigative reporting, news photography, drama, poetry, music, and others. It continues to be the most coveted honor in jourbanalism. Yet while many publications have been written on the topic of the Pulitzer Prizes, none has provided basic factual information on all of the winners. This new reference tool profiles each of the more than 1,100 individuals who have received this honor from 1917 through 1998. Entries include the winner's name, year and category for the Pulitzer Prize(s) won, birthdate, family, education, career summary, other awards won, list of selected works, and where to locate additional information. Several entries also include photos of the winner.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781573561112
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/17/1998
Pages:	688
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.44(d)

About the Author

ELIZABETH A. BRENNAN is currently a freelance information specialist. She has worked at the Ford Foundation, Columbia University Libraries, Newsweek magazine, and most recently at the ABC News Research Center.

ELIZABETH C. CLARAGE is assistant professor of library administration at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Previously she held the positions of jourbanalism librarian and jourbanalism faculty liaison at Columbia University. Clarage holds an M.S. degree in library and information science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Table of Contents

Foreword Joseph Pulitzer and the Pulitzer Prizes
Preface
Using This Book
Profiles of the Winners
Beat Reporting
Biography or Autobiography 8
Breaking News
Breaking News Reporting
Commentary
Correspondence
Criticism
Drama
Editorial Cartooning
Editorial Writing
Explanatory Jourbanalism
Feature Photography
Feature Writing
Fiction
General News Reporting
General Non-Fiction
History
International Reporting
Investigative Reporting
Local General Spot News Reporting
Local Investigative Specialized Reporting
Local Reporting
Local Reporting, Edition Time
Local Reporting, No Edition Time
Meritorious Public Service
Music
National Reporting
Newspaper History Award
Novel
Photography
Poetry
Reporting
Special Awards and Citations: Jourbanalism
Special Awards and Citations: Letters
Special Awards and Citations: Music
Specialized Reporting
Spot News Photograhy
Spot News Reporting
Telegraphic Reporting (International)
Telegraphic Reporting (National)
Indexes

Editorial Reviews

The main reference question this book answers--"Who won the Pulitzer Prize for X in year Y?"--can now be answered by using the Pulitzer web site at (www.pulitzer.org). The web site is superior to the book for information from 1995 to the present because it provides not only information on the prize winners but also the names of the other finalists, the names of the jurors, and, significantly, links to the full text of the prize-winning articles. For prizes awarded from 1917 to 1995, however, the web site provides only the name of the prize winner and a brief explanation, whereas this book provides detailed biographical information, including the winner's dates, education, career, selected works, other awards, references, and commentary. Frugal libraries can use the web site to obtain a name and then rely on standard biographical sources for the biography, but comprehensive collections and news libraries will want to use both the book and the web site to obtain the most complete information. Brennan is currently a freelance information specialist, while Clarage teaches library administration at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.--Marc Meola, Temple Univ. Lib., Philadelphia Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

Lists 1,175 Pulitzer prize winners for 39 different categories. Year-by-year, within each category, the person who won is profiled with biographical and career information, selected works, other awards, and brief narrative commentary. Contains a discussion of Joseph Pulitzer's career and the creation of the prizes, as well as four indexes covering newspaper and organization winners, individual winners, educational institutions, and a chronology of prizes awarded. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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