American Decades
Awards
PULITZER PRIZES
1980
Fiction: The Executioner's Song, by Norman Mailer
Drama: Talley's Folly, by Lanford Wilson
Poetry: Selected Poems, by Donald Rodney Justice
Music: In Memory of a Summer Day, by David Del Tredici
1981
Fiction: A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole
Drama: Crimes of the Heart, by Beth Henley
Poetry: The Morning of the Poem, by James Schuyler
Music: no award given
1982
Fiction: Rabbit Is Rich, by John Updike
Drama: A Soldier's Play, by Charles Fuller
Poetry: The Collected Poems, by Sylvia Plath
Music: Concerto for Orchestra, by Roger Sessions
1983
Fiction: The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
Drama: Night,...
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1980's The Arts
- Overview
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Topics in the News
- The Art Boom
- Art Stars
- Art Trends: Politics and Performance
- Culture Wars
- Hip-Hop Culture
- Hollywood: The Bottom Line
- Hollywood Under Reagan
- Literary Stars
- Music Video
- Pop-Music Stars
- Rock-Music Causes
- The Theater Boom
- Trends in Classical Music
- Trends in Country Music
- Trends in Jazz
- Trends in Underground Music
- Headline Makers
- People in the News
- Awards
- Deaths
- Publications
- Important Events in the Arts, 1980–1989
