PULITZER PRIZES | A list of winners



The 2006 Pulitzer Prize winners, announced Monday:
JOURNALISM:
Public service: Two Prizes: The Sun Herald of South Mississippi and The Times-Picayune of New Orleans.
Breaking news reporting: Staff of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans.
Investigative reporting: Susan Schmidt, James V. Grimaldi and R. Jeffrey Smith of The Washington Post.
Explanatory reporting: David Finkel of The Washington Post.
Beat reporting: Dana Priest of The Washington Post.
National reporting: Two Prizes: James Risen and Eric Lichtblau of The New York Times and the staffs of The San Diego Union-Tribune and Copley News Service.
International reporting: Joseph Kahn and Jim Yardley of The New York Times.
Feature writing: Jim Sheeler of the Rocky Mountain News of Denver, Colo.
Commentary: Nicholas D. Kristof of The New York Times.
Criticism: Robin Givhan of The Washington Post.
Editorial writing: Rick Attig and Doug Bates of The (Portland) Oregonian.
Editorial cartooning: Mike Luckovich of The Atlanta JournalConstitution.
Breaking news photography: Staff of The Dallas Morning News.
Feature photography: Todd Heisler of the Rocky Mountain News of Denver, Colo.
ARTS
Fiction: "March," by Geraldine Brooks (Viking)
Drama: No Award
History: "Polio: An American Story," by David M. Oshinsky (Oxford University Press)
Biography: "American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer," by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin (Alfred A. Knopf)
Poetry: "Late Wife," by Claudia Emerson (Louisiana State University Press)
General nonfiction: "Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya," by Caroline Elkins (Henry Holt)
Music: Piano Concerto: "Chiavi in Mano," by Yehudi Wyner (Associated Music Publishers)
Source: Associated Press
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