Mehwash Hussain | Updated: May 10, 2022 14:58 IST
On May 9, the winners of the Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism, Drama, Books, and Music for 2022 were revealed. The Washington Post, Indians Adnan Abidi, Amit Dave, Irshad Matto, and the late Danish Siddiqui of Reuters were among the Pulitzer Prize 2022 winners. The Ukrainian journalists were also given a special citation for the Pulitzer Prize in 2022. Check out the Pulitzer Prize 2022 Winners List given below category-wise.
The Pulitzer Prize is given to those who have made outstanding contributions to periodicals, newspapers, internet journalism, musical creation, and literature. The Pulitzer Prize was founded in 1917 by stipulations in Joseph of Pulitzer’s will, who gained his wealth as a newspaper publisher, and is administered by Columbia University.
| Categories | Winners |
| Public Service | The Washington Post |
| Breaking News Reporting | Staff of Miami Herald |
| Investigative Reporting | Corey G. Johnson, Rebecca Woolington, and Eli Murray of the Tampa Bay Times |
| Explanatory Reporting | Staff of Quanta Magazine, New York, N.Y., notably Natalie Wolchover |
| Local Reporting | Cecilia Reyes of Chicago Tribune and Madison Hopkins of the Better Government Association |
| National Reporting | Staff of the New York Times |
| International Reporting | Staff of the New York Times |
| Feature Writing | Jennifer Senior of The Atlantics |
| Commentary | Melinda Henneberger of the Kansas City Star |
| Criticism | Salamishah Tillet, contributing critic at large for The New York Times |
| Editorial Writing | Lisa Falkenberg, Michael Lindenberger, Joe Holley and Luis Carrasco of The Houston Chronicle |
| Illustrated Reporting and Commentary | Fahmida Azim, Anthony Del Col, Josh Adams, Walt Jockey of Insider |
| Breaking News Photography | Marcus Yam of Los Angeles Times for images of US departure from AfghanistanWin McNamee, Drew Angerer, Spencer Platt, Samuel Corum and John Cherry of Getty Images for photos of attack on US Capitol |
| Feature Photography | Late Danish Siddiqui of Reuters, Adnan Abidi, Sanna Irshad Mattoo, and Amit Dave for images of COVID toll in India |
| Audio Reporting | Staffs of Futuro Media and PRX for ‘Suave’ |
| Category | Winners |
| Fiction | The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family, by Joshua Green |
| Drama | Fat Ham, by James Ijames |
| History | Covered with Night, by Nicole Eustace (Liveright/Norton)Cuba: An American History, by Ada Ferrer (Scribner) |
| Biography | Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist’s Memoir of Jim Crow South, by the late Winfred Rembert as told to Erin. I Kelly (Bloomsbury) |
| Poetry | frank: sonnets, by Diane Seuss |
| General Notification | Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City, by Andrea Elliott |
| Music | Voiceless Mass, by Raven Chacon |
| Category | Winners |
| Special Awards & Citation | The Journalists of Ukraine |
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