2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
Awards ranging from journalism to fiction to music
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Journalism
- Public Service: Los Angeles Times
- Breaking News Reporting: No award
- Investigative Reporting: Paige St. John of Sarasota Herald-Tribune
- Explanatory Reporting: Mark Johnson, Kathleen Gallagher, Gary Porter, Lou Saldivar, and Alison Sherwood of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- Local Reporting: Frank Main, Mark Konkol, and John J. Kim of Chicago Sun-Times
- National Reporting: Jesse Eisinger and Jake Bernstein of ProPublica
- International Reporting: Clifford J. Levy and Ellen Barry of The New York Times
- Feature Writing: Amy Ellis Nutt of The Star-Ledger
- Commentary: David Leonhardt of The New York Times
- Criticism: Sebastian Smee of The Boston Globe
- Editorial Writing: Joseph Rago of The Wall Street Journal
- Editorial Cartooning: Mike Keefe of The Denver Post
- Breaking News Photography: Carol Guzy, Nikki Kahn, and Ricky Carioti of The Washington Post
- Feature Photography: Barbara Davidson of Los Angeles Times
Letters, Drama, and Music
- Fiction: A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (Alfred A. Knopf)
- Drama: Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris
- History: The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery by Eric Foner (W.W. Norton & Company)
- Biography: Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow (The Penguin Press)
- Poetry: The Best of It: New and Selected Poems by Kay Ryan (Grove/Atlantic)
- General Nonfiction: The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee (Scribner)
- Music: Madame White Snake by Zhou Long (Oxford University Press)
Special Citations and Awards
- There are no special citations for this time period.
- More from Pulitzer Prizes
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