tagged w/ 2008 Pulitzer Prize Winners
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Studs Terkel, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose searching interviews with ordinary Americans helped establish oral history as a serious genre, and who for decades was the voluble host of a popular radio show in Chicago, died Friday at his home there. He was 96.
His death was confirmed by Lois Baum, a friend and longtime colleague at the radio station WFMT.
In his oral histories, which he called guerrilla journalism, Mr. Terkel relied on his enthusiastic but gentle interviewing style to elicit, in rich detail, the experiences and thoughts of his fellow citizens. Over the decades, he developed a continuous narrative of great historic moments sounded by an American chorus in the native vernacular. Studs Terkel, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose searching interviews with ordinary... more
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Bob Dylan was named a Pulitzer Prize Winner on Monday, April 7, 2008. A Special Citation was awarded to Dylan for his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power. He's always been a major figure in our contemporary American heritage, at the same time both elusive and achingly complete. Dylan has spent his life as a solitary figure, an extraordinarily beautiful mind and yet so alone.
This article includes a two videos, a musical tribute and the "I'm Not There" trailer (Heath Ledger version). In addition, there is a wonderful photo-gallery.Bob Dylan was named a Pulitzer Prize Winner on Monday, April 7, 2008. A Special... more
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The Washington Post won six Pulitzer Prizes on Monday, including the public service medal for exposing shoddy treatment of America's war wounded at Walter Reed hospital, and the breaking-news award for coverage of the Virginia Tech massacre.
The New York Times received two Pulitzers: one for investigative reporting, for stories on toxic ingredients in medicine and other products imported from China, and one for explanatory reporting, for examining the ethical issues surrounding DNA testing.
The Washington Post won six Pulitzer Prizes on Monday, including the public service... more
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