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Gregory Pardlo, Anthony Doerr, Stephen Adly Guirgis win Pulitzer Prizes

NEW YORK, April 20 (UPI) — The winners of the 2015 Pulitzer Prizes for excellence in books, poetry, drama, music and print journalism were announced at New York’s Columbia University Monday.

They are as follows:

{b:FICTION} {i:All the Light We Cannot See} by Anthony Doerr

{b:DRAMA} {i:Between Riverside and Crazy} by Stephen Adly Guirgis

{b:HISTORY} {i:Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People} by Elizabeth A. Fenn

{b:BIOGRAPHY} {i:The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe} by David I. Kertzer

{b:POETRY} {i:Digest} by Gregory Pardlo

{b:GENERAL NONFICTION} {i:The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History} by Elizabeth Kolbert

{b:MUSIC} {i:Anthracite Fields} by Julia Wolfe

{b:JOURNALISM –}

{b:PUBLIC SERVICE} The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.

{b:BREAKING NEWS REPORTING} The Seattle Times Staff

{b:INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING} — Two Prizes: Eric Lipton of The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal Staff

{b:EXPLANATORY REPORTING} Zachary R. Mider of Bloomberg News

{b:LOCAL REPORTING} Rob Kuznia, Rebecca Kimitch and Frank Suraci of the Daily Breeze, Torrance, Calif.

{b:NATIONAL REPORTING} Carol D. Leonnig of The Washington Post

{b:INTERNATIONAL REPORTING} The New York Times Staff

{b:FEATURE WRITING} Diana Marcum of the Los Angeles Times

{b:COMMENTARY} Lisa Falkenberg of the Houston Chronicle

{b:CRITICISM} Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times

{b:EDITORIAL WRITING} Kathleen Kingsbury of The Boston Globe

{b:EDITORIAL CARTOONING} Adam Zyglis of The Buffalo News

{b:BREAKING NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY} St. Louis Post-Dispatch Photography Staff

{b:FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY} Daniel Berehulak, freelance photographer, The New York Times


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