Letters, Drama, and Music
Fiction: Ironweed by William Kennedy
Drama: Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet
History: (No Award)
Biography or Autobiography: Booker T. Washington: The Wizard of Tuskegee, 1901-1915 by Louis R. Harlan
Poetry: American Primitive by Mary Oliver
General Nonfiction: The Social Transformation Of American Medicine by Paul Starr
Music: Canti del Sole for Tenor and Orchestra by Bernard Rands
Special Citations
Theodor Seuss Geisel, more widely known as Dr. Seuss, for his special contribution over nearly half a century to the education and enjoyment of America's children and their parents.
Journalism
Public Service: Los Angeles Times
Local General or Spot News Reporting: Newsday team of reporters of Newsday, Long Island, NY
Local Investigative Specialized Reporting: Kenneth Cooper, Joan Fitz Gerald, Jonathan Kaufman, Norman Lockman, Gary Mc Millan, Kirk Scharfenberg and David Wessel of The Boston Globe
National Reporting: John Noble Wilford of The New York Times
International Reporting: Karen Elliott House of The Wall Street Journal
Feature Writing: Peter Mark Rinearson of The Seattle Times
Commentary: Vermont Royster of The Wall Street Journal
Criticism: Paul Goldberger of The New York Times
Editorial Writing: Albert Scardino of Georgia Gazette, Savannah, GA
Editorial Cartooning: Paul Conrad of Los Angeles Times
Spot News Photography: Stan Grossfeld of The Boston Globe
Feature Photography: Anthony Suau of The Denver Post
CNN has won a total of 11 Pulitzer Prizes as of 2021.
The Los Angeles Times has won 39 Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism, including six prestigious Public Service Awards in 2011, 2005, 1984, 1969, 1960, and 1942.
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The New York Times has won the most Pulitzer Prizes by far, at 109, including the five received in 2011. The newspaper with the second best record is The Washington Post, with 57 awards.
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African-American playwright August Wilson won two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama. Wilson's play, Fences, won the Prize in 1987; another of his plays, The Piano Lesson, won in 1990.
No. There is no single individual who won 49 Pulitzer Prizes, but some newspapers and news organizations have accumulated many for journalism categories over the years.The Associated Press (aka AP), which is not a newspaper but a "wire service" (or news bureau) that supplies articles and photographs to newspapers won 49 Pulitzer Prizes. Most of the their awards were for photography or photojournalism, and the majority of their wins were prior to 1990.The New York Times has an impressive record of 109 wins since 1917, the greatest number of Pulitzer Prizes won by one organization, as of 2011.
He won two Pulitzer Prizes. (awards for books)
Maya Angelou won four Pulitzer Prizes and was the first person to read a poem at a U.S. Presidential inauguration.
There is no formal limit to the number of times a person (or news organization) can win a Pulitzer Prize. Robert Frost won four times for his poetry; The New York Times won 109 times for Journalism.
He won two Pulitzer Prizes. (awards for books)
Barbara W. Tuchman won two Pulitzer Prizes in General Nonfiction. The first, in 1963, was for her book The Guns of August (Macmillan); the second, in 1972, was for Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-1945(Macmillan).