ThePulitzer Prizes for 1982 are:

• Public Service:
  • The Detroit News, for exposing a cover-up in theU.S. Navy, which led to reforms in the Navy.
• Local General or Spot News Reporting:
  • Staff ofThe Kansas City Star andThe Kansas City Times, for coverage of the disaster at theHyatt Regency Hotel.
• Local Investigative Specialized Reporting:
  • Paul Henderson ofThe Seattle Times for proving a man's innocence in a rape investigation.
• National Reporting:
  • Rick Atkinson ofThe Kansas City Times, for maintaining a high quality of reporting on issues of national interest.
• International Reporting:
  • John Darnton ofThe New York Times, for his reporting from Poland.
• Feature Writing:
  • Saul Pett of theAssociated Press, for an article on federal bureaucracy
• Commentary:
  • Art Buchwald ofLos Angeles Times Syndicate, for his outstanding commentary.
• Criticism:
  • Martin Bernheimer of theLos Angeles Times, for his classical music criticism.
• Editorial Writing:
  • Jack Rosenthal ofThe New York Times
• Editorial Cartooning:
  • Ben Sargent of theAustin American-Statesman
• Spot News Photography:
  • Ron Edmonds of theAssociated Press, for his photographs covering the assassination attempt ofRonald Reagan.
• Feature Photography:
  • John H. White of theChicago Sun-Times, for his consistently excellent photographs.

• Fiction:
  • Rabbit Is Rich byJohn Updike (Knopf)
• Drama:
  • A Soldier's Play, byCharles Fuller (Hill and Wang)
• History:
  • Mary Chesnut's Civil War, edited byC. Vann Woodward (Yale U. Press)
• Biography or Autobiography:
  • Grant: A Biography byWilliam McFeely (Norton)
• Poetry:
  • The Collected Poems bySylvia Plath (a posthumous publication) (Harper & Row)
• General Nonfiction:
  • The Soul of a New Machine byTracy Kidder (Atlantic-Little )
• Music:
  • Concerto for Orchestra, byRoger Sessions (E. B. Marks Music)

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