India Wins Four Awards at Pulitzer Prize 2022

The Pulitzer Prize 2022 winners for journalism, books, drama, and music were announced on Monday. It is important to note that this year India won four awards for documenting its fight against Covid-19.

Late Danish Siddiqui was also awarded a Pulitzer Prize in the Feature Photography category. In particular, photojournalist Siddiqui, who is associated with the international news agency Reuters, was killed last year while reporting on the war between Afghan troops and the Taliban in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar.

Siddiqui, along with Adnan Abidi, Sanna Irshad Mattoo, and Amit Dave, won the Pulitzer Prize for images of Covid's tribute to India. Siddiqui was killed last year while reporting a clash between Afghan special forces and the Taliban rebels.

In addition, Ukrainian journalists received the 2022 Pulitzer Prize Special Award, and the jurors of the highest honor of journalism, recognizing the coverage of the January 6 attack on Capitol Hill, the withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the collapse of Florida's surfside condominiums. 

The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States of America. The awards were established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer and Columbia University administers the awards.