"The Road" earns the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction · 2007-04-17 17:53
“The Road”, a post-apocalyptic tale of sorrow and destruction, earned its author, Cormac McCarthy, the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Lawrence Wright’s "The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11," an analysis of Islamic fundamentalism won the Pulitzer for General Non-Fiction.
"Rabbit Hole," David Lindsay-Abaire's tale of an ordinary couple, whose comfortable suburban existence is shattered by a terrible accident that leads to their son's death, earned the prize for Drama.
"The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation" by Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff, a book about the reporting of the civil rights struggle, earned the Pulitzer for History.
The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry went to "The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher," 19th-century abolitionist and preacher, by Debby Applegate.
"Native Guard" by Natasha Trethewey won in Poetry, while in music, "Sound Grammar" by jazzman Ornette Coleman was selected. This is the second Pulitzer won by a jazz composer. Wynton Marsalis won the music prize in 1997 for "Blood on the Fields."
The committee awarded a special citation to author Ray Bradbury for his "distinguished, prolific and deeply influential career as an unmatched author of science fiction and fantasy."
A posthumous special citation was awarded jazz composer John Coltrane, recognizing his improvisational techniques and his place in the history of jazz.
The Wall Street Journal won Pulitzer Prizes for Public Service and International Reporting and was the only newspaper to receive two of the top journalism awards this year.
The Wall Street Journal’s award for public service reporting came for its articles on backdated stock options for business executives, which led to investigations into the practice. The international award was for reports on the impact of capitalism on China.
Other journalism awards include the Oregonian of Portland, Oregon for Breaking News; the Birmingham News of Birmingham, Alabama for Investigative Reporting; the Miami Herald for Local Reporting; the Boston Globe for National Reporting; and the Los Angeles Times for Explanatory Reporting.
The 10,000 dollar prizes are given for excellence in journalism, art and culture in 21 categories. They are named for their founder, the journalist and publisher Joseph Pulitzer. The awards are considered the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition.
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