Pulitzer Prize for Criticism

1970: Ada Louise Huxtable, The New York Times, distinguished criticism.
1971: Harold C. Schonberg, The New York Times, music.
1972: Frank Peters Jr., St. Louis Post-Dispatch, music.
1973: Ronald Powers, The Chicago Sun-Time, television
1974: Emily Genauer, Newsday, art
1975: Roger Ebert, The Chicago Sun-Time, film
1976: Alan M. Kriegsman, The Washington Post, dance
1977: William McPherson, The Washington Post, books
1978: Walter Kerr, The New York Times, theater
1979: Paul Gapp, The Chicago Tribune, architecture
1980: William A. Henry III, The Boston Globe, television
1981: Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Star, books
1982: Martin Bernheimer, The Los Angeles Times, music
1983: Manuela Hoelterhoff, The Wall Street Journal, the arts
1984: Paul Goldberger, The New York Times, architecture
1985: Howard Rosenberg, The Los Angeles Times, television
1986: Donal Henehan, The New York Times, music
1987: Richard Eder, The Los Angeles Times, books
1988: Tom Shales, The Washington Post, television
1989: Michael Skube, The News and Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina), books
1990: Allan Temko, The San Francisco Chronicle, architecture
1991: David Shaw, The Los Angeles Times, media coverage of the McMartin Preschool Child Abuse case
1992: no award given
1993: Michael Dirda, The Washington Post, books
1994: Lloyd Schwartz, The Boston Phoenix, music
1995: Margo Jefferson, The New York Times, books
1996: Robert Campbell, The Boston Globe, architecture
1997: Tim Page, The Washington Post, music
1998: Michiko Kakutani[?], The New York Times, books and literature
1999: Blair Kamin[?], The Chicago Tribune, architecture
2000: Henry Allen[?], The Washington Post, photography
2001: Gail Caldwell[?], The Boston Globe, contemporary life and literature
2002: Justin Davidson[?], Newsday, music