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Gregory Pardlo, Anthony Doerr, Stephen Adly Guirgis win Pulitzer Prizes

By Karen Butler
Author Gregory Pardlo in 2014. Wikimedia Commons
Author Gregory Pardlo in 2014. Wikimedia Commons

NEW YORK, April 20 (UPI) -- The winners of the 2015 Pulitzer Prizes for excellence in books, poetry, drama, music and print journalism were announced at New York's Columbia University Monday.

They are as follows:

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FICTION All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

DRAMA Between Riverside and Crazy by Stephen Adly Guirgis

HISTORY Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People by Elizabeth A. Fenn

BIOGRAPHY The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe by David I. Kertzer

POETRY Digest by Gregory Pardlo

GENERAL NONFICTION The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert

MUSIC Anthracite Fields by Julia Wolfe

JOURNALISM --

PUBLIC SERVICE The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.

BREAKING NEWS REPORTING The Seattle Times Staff

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING -- Two Prizes: Eric Lipton of The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal Staff

EXPLANATORY REPORTING Zachary R. Mider of Bloomberg News

LOCAL REPORTING Rob Kuznia, Rebecca Kimitch and Frank Suraci of the Daily Breeze, Torrance, Calif.

NATIONAL REPORTING Carol D. Leonnig of The Washington Post

INTERNATIONAL REPORTING The New York Times Staff

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FEATURE WRITING Diana Marcum of the Los Angeles Times

COMMENTARY Lisa Falkenberg of the Houston Chronicle

CRITICISM Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times

EDITORIAL WRITING Kathleen Kingsbury of The Boston Globe

EDITORIAL CARTOONING Adam Zyglis of The Buffalo News

BREAKING NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY St. Louis Post-Dispatch Photography Staff

FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY Daniel Berehulak, freelance photographer, The New York Times

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