2017 Pulitzer Prize Winners
Fiction: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead.
Drama: Sweat by Lynn Nottage.
History: Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy, by Heather Ann Thompson.
Biography or Autobiography: The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between, by Hisham Matar.
Poetry: Olio, by Tyehimba Jess (Wave Books)
General Nonfiction: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, by Matthew Desmond.
Music: Angel’s Bone, by Du Yun.
journalism
Public Service: New York Daily News and ProPublica
Breaking News Reporting: Staff of East Bay Times, Oakland.
Investigative Reporting: Eric Eyre of Charleston Gazette-Mail, Charleston/.
Explanatory Reporting: International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, McClatchy and Miami Herald
Local Reporting: The Salt Lake Tribune Staff
National Reporting: David A. Fahrenthold of The Washington Post
International Reporting: The New York Times Staff Feature Writing: C. J. Chivers of The New York Times
Commentary: Peggy Noonan of The Wall Street Journal
Criticism: Hilton Als of The New Yorker Editorial Writing: Art Cullen of The Storm Lake Times, Storm Lake. Editorial
Cartooning: Jim Morin of Miami Herald Breaking
News Photography: Daniel Berehulak, freelance photographer Feature Photography: Jason Wambsgans of Chicago Tribune
Fiction: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead.
Drama: Sweat by Lynn Nottage.
History: Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy, by Heather Ann Thompson.
Biography or Autobiography: The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between, by Hisham Matar.
Poetry: Olio, by Tyehimba Jess (Wave Books)
General Nonfiction: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, by Matthew Desmond.
Music: Angel’s Bone, by Du Yun.
journalism
Public Service: New York Daily News and ProPublica
Breaking News Reporting: Staff of East Bay Times, Oakland.
Investigative Reporting: Eric Eyre of Charleston Gazette-Mail, Charleston/.
Explanatory Reporting: International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, McClatchy and Miami Herald
Local Reporting: The Salt Lake Tribune Staff
National Reporting: David A. Fahrenthold of The Washington Post
International Reporting: The New York Times Staff Feature Writing: C. J. Chivers of The New York Times
Commentary: Peggy Noonan of The Wall Street Journal
Criticism: Hilton Als of The New Yorker Editorial Writing: Art Cullen of The Storm Lake Times, Storm Lake. Editorial
Cartooning: Jim Morin of Miami Herald Breaking
News Photography: Daniel Berehulak, freelance photographer Feature Photography: Jason Wambsgans of Chicago Tribune