The full list of 2011 Pulitzer Prize winners:
Journalism:
Public service - Los Angeles Times
Breaking news reporting - Not Awarded
Investigative reporting - Paige St. John of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Explanatory reporting - Mark Johnson, Kathleen, Gallagher, Gary Porter, Lou Saldivar and Alison Sherwood of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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, Newark, N.J.
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 the Los Angeles Times
Letters, Drama and Music:
Music - "Madame White Snake'" by Zhou Long, which premiered on February 26, 2010 at the Cutler Majestic Theatre in Boston.
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 Press)
General nonfiction - "The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer" by Siddhartha Mukherjee (Scribner)