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<div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p>The following are the <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prizes" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulitzer Prizes">Pulitzer Prizes</a> for 1986. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Journalism">Journalism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_Pulitzer_Prize&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Journalism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Public_Service" title="Pulitzer Prize for Public Service">Public service</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Denver_Post" title="The Denver Post">The Denver Post</a></i> <ul><li>"For its in-depth study of "<a href="/wiki/Missing_person" title="Missing person">missing children</a>", which revealed that most are involved in <a href="/wiki/Child_custody" title="Child custody">custody</a> disputes or are <a href="/wiki/Runaway_(dependent)" title="Runaway (dependent)">runaways</a> and which helped mitigate national fears stirred by exaggerated statistics."<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_General_News_Reporting" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulitzer Prize for General News Reporting">General news reporting</a>: Edna Buchanan of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Miami_Herald" class="mw-redirect" title="The Miami Herald">The Miami Herald</a></i> <ul><li>"For her versatile and consistently excellent <a href="/wiki/Police" title="Police">police</a> beat reporting."<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Investigative_Reporting" title="Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting">Investigative reporting</a>: Jeffrey A. Marx and Michael M. York of the <i><a href="/wiki/Lexington_Herald_Leader" class="mw-redirect" title="Lexington Herald Leader">Lexington Herald Leader</a></i> <ul><li>"For their series "Playing Above the Rules," which exposed <a href="/wiki/Match-fixing" class="mw-redirect" title="Match-fixing">cash payoffs</a> to <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball" title="Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball">University of Kentucky basketball players</a> in violation of <a href="/wiki/NCAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA">NCAA</a> regulations and led to significant reforms.."</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Explanatory_Journalism" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism">Explanatory reporting</a>: Staff of <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> <ul><li>"For a six-part comprehensive series on the <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Defense_Initiative" title="Strategic Defense Initiative">Strategic Defense Initiative</a>, which explored the scientific, political and foreign policy issues involved in 'Star Wars'."</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Specialized_Reporting" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulitzer Prize for Specialized Reporting">Specialized Reporting</a>: Andrew Schneider and <a href="/wiki/Mary_Pat_Flaherty" title="Mary Pat Flaherty">Mary Pat Flaherty</a> of the <i><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh Press">Pittsburgh Press</a></i> <ul><li>"For their investigation of violations and failures in the <a href="/wiki/Organ_transplant" class="mw-redirect" title="Organ transplant">organ transplantation</a> system in the United States."</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_National_Reporting" title="Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting">National reporting</a>: Craig Flournoy and George Rodrigue of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Dallas_Morning_News" title="The Dallas Morning News">The Dallas Morning News</a></i> <ul><li>"For their investigation into subsidized housing in East Texas, which uncovered patterns of <a href="/wiki/Racial_discrimination" title="Racial discrimination">racial discrimination</a> and <a href="/wiki/Racial_segregation" title="Racial segregation">segregation</a> in public housing across the United States and led to significant reforms."</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_National_Reporting" title="Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting">National reporting</a>: Arthur Howe of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Philadelphia_Inquirer" title="The Philadelphia Inquirer">The Philadelphia Inquirer</a></i> <ul><li>"For his enterprising and indefatigable reporting on massive deficiencies in <a href="/wiki/Internal_Revenue_Service" title="Internal Revenue Service">IRS</a> processing of <a href="/wiki/Tax_return_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tax return (United States)">tax returns</a>-reporting that eventually inspired major changes in IRS procedures and prompted the agency to make a public apology to U.S. taxpayers."</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_International_Reporting" title="Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting">International reporting</a>: Lewis M. Simons, Pete Carey and Katherine Ellison of the <i><a href="/wiki/San_Jose_Mercury_News" class="mw-redirect" title="San Jose Mercury News">San Jose Mercury News</a></i> <ul><li>"For their June 1985 series that documented massive transfers of wealth abroad by <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Marcos" title="Ferdinand Marcos">President Marcos</a> and his associates and had a direct impact on subsequent political developments in the Philippines and the United States."</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Feature_Writing" title="Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing">Feature writing</a>: John Camp of <i><a href="/wiki/St._Paul_Pioneer_Press" title="St. Paul Pioneer Press">St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>"For his five-part series examining the life of an American farm family faced with the worst U.S. agricultural crisis since the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Depression</a>."</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Commentary" title="Pulitzer Prize for Commentary">Commentary</a>: Jimmy Breslin of the <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Daily_News" title="New York Daily News">New York Daily News</a></i> <ul><li>"For columns which consistently champion ordinary citizens"</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Criticism" title="Pulitzer Prize for Criticism">Criticism</a>: <a href="/wiki/Donal_Henahan" title="Donal Henahan">Donal Henahan</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> <ul><li>"For his music criticism."</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Editorial_Writing" title="Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing">Editorial writing</a>: Jack Fuller of the <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i> <ul><li>"For his editorials on constitutional issues."</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Editorial_Cartooning" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning">Editorial cartooning</a>: Jules Feiffer of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Village_Voice" title="The Village Voice">The Village Voice</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Spot_News_Photography" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography">Spot news photography</a>: Carol Guzy and Michel duCille of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Miami_Herald" class="mw-redirect" title="The Miami Herald">The Miami Herald</a></i> <ul><li>"For their photographs of the <a href="/wiki/Armero_tragedy" title="Armero tragedy">devastation caused by the eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano</a> in <a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a>."</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Feature_Photography" title="Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography">Feature photography</a>: Tom Gralish of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Philadelphia_Inquirer" title="The Philadelphia Inquirer">The Philadelphia Inquirer</a></i> <ul><li>"For his series of photographs of Philadelphia's <a href="/wiki/Homeless" class="mw-redirect" title="Homeless">homeless</a>."</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Letters_and_Drama">Letters and Drama</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_Pulitzer_Prize&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Letters and Drama"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Fiction" title="Pulitzer Prize for Fiction">Fiction</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Lonesome_Dove" title="Lonesome Dove">Lonesome Dove</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Larry_McMurtry" title="Larry McMurtry">Larry McMurtry</a> (<a href="/wiki/Simon_%26_Schuster" title="Simon & Schuster">Simon & Schuster</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_History" title="Pulitzer Prize for History">History</a>: <i>...the Heavens and the Earth: A Political History of the Space Age</i> by Walter A. McDougall (<a href="/wiki/Basic_Books" title="Basic Books">Basic Books</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Biography_or_Autobiography" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography">Biography or Autobiography</a>: <i>Louise Bogan: A Portrait</i> by <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Frank" title="Elizabeth Frank">Elizabeth Frank</a> (<a href="/wiki/Alfred_A._Knopf" title="Alfred A. Knopf">Alfred A. Knopf</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Poetry" title="Pulitzer Prize for Poetry">Poetry</a>: <i>The Flying Change</i> by <a href="/wiki/Henry_S._Taylor" title="Henry S. Taylor">Henry Taylor</a> (<a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_University_Press" title="Louisiana State University Press">Louisiana State University Press</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_General_Nonfiction" title="Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction">General Nonfiction</a>: <i>Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families</i> by <a href="/wiki/J._Anthony_Lukas" title="J. Anthony Lukas">J. Anthony Lukas</a> (<a href="/wiki/Alfred_A._Knopf" title="Alfred A. Knopf">Alfred A. Knopf</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_General_Nonfiction" title="Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction">General Nonfiction</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Move_Your_Shadow:_South_Africa,_Black_and_White" class="mw-redirect" title="Move Your Shadow: South Africa, Black and White">Move Your Shadow: South Africa, Black and White</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Lelyveld" title="Joseph Lelyveld">Joseph Lelyveld</a> (<a href="/wiki/Times_Books" title="Times Books">Times Books</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Music" title="Pulitzer Prize for Music">Music</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wind_Quintet_No._4_(Perle)" title="Wind Quintet No. 4 (Perle)">Wind Quintet No. 4</a> by <a href="/wiki/George_Perle" title="George Perle">George Perle</a> (Galaxy Music)<br />Premiered on October 2, 1985</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_Pulitzer_Prize&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/04/17/The-Denver-Post-won-the-1986-Pulitzer-Prize-today/5096514098000/">"The Denver Post won the 1986 Pulitzer Prize today... - UPI Archives"</a>. <i>UPI</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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