1993 Pulitzer Prize

The 1993 Pulitzer Prizes were:

Journalism awards

 * Public Service:
 * The Miami Herald, for coverage that not only helped readers cope with Hurricane Andrew's devastation but also showed how lax zoning, inspection and building codes had contributed to the destruction.
 * Spot News Reporting:
 * Staff of the Los Angeles Times, for balanced, comprehensive, penetrating coverage under deadline pressure of the second, most destructive day of the Los Angeles riots.
 * Investigative Reporting:
 * Jeff Brazil and Stephen Berry, Orlando Sentinel, for exposing the unjust seizure of millions of dollars from motorists—most of them minorities—by a sheriff's drug squad.
 * Explanatory Journalism:
 * Mike Toner, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, for "When Bugs Fight Back," a series that explored the diminishing effectiveness of antibiotics and pesticides.
 * Beat Reporting:
 * Paul Ingrassia and Joseph B. Whit, The Wall Street Journal, for often exclusive coverage of General Motors' management turmoil.
 * National Reporting:
 * David Maraniss, The Washington Post, for his revealing articles on the life and political record of candidate Bill Clinton.
 * International Reporting:
 * Roy Gutman, Newsday, For his courageous and persistent reporting that disclosed atrocities and other human rights violations in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
 * Feature Writing:
 * George Lardner Jr., The Washington Post, for his unflinching examination of his daughter's murder by a violent man who had slipped through the criminal justice system.
 * Commentary:
 * Liz Balmaseda, The Miami Herald, for her commentary from Haiti about deteriorating political and social conditions and her columns about Cuban-Americans in Miami.
 * Criticism:
 * Michael Dirda, The Washington Post, for his book reviews.
 * Editorial Writing:
 * No Award Given
 * Editorial Cartooning:
 * Stephen R. Benson, The Arizona Republic
 * Spot News Photography:
 * Ken Geiger and William Snyder, The Dallas Morning News, for their dramatic photographs of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
 * Feature Photography:
 * Staff of Associated Press, for its portfolio of images drawn from the 1992 presidential campaign.

Letters awards

 * Fiction:
 * A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler (Henry Holt)
 * History:
 * The Radicalism of the American Revolution by Gordon S. Wood (Alfred A. Knopf)
 * Biography or Autobiography:
 * Truman by David McCullough (Simon & Schuster)
 * Poetry:
 * The Wild Iris by Louise Glück (The Ecco Press)
 * General Non-Fiction:
 * Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America by Garry Wills (Simon & Schuster)

Arts awards
Premiered December 30, 1992, in New York by the New York Philharmonic.
 * Drama:
 * Angels in America: Millennium Approaches by Tony Kushner (TCG)
 * Music:
 * Trombone Concerto by Christopher Rouse (Boosey & Hawkes)