Not in particular. He did sell books, but was never awarded for it because he was just like any other author.
Yes, Theodore Roosevelt was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1919 for his book "The Winning of the West."
The Pulitzer wasn't invented back then. The first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded in 1917; Thoreau died in 1862.
No he didn't.
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The Pulitzer Prize is awarded for excellence in newspaper journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition.
No, Doris Lessing did not win the Pulitzer Prize. However, she did receive the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007 for her extensive body of work.
"The View from Castle Rock" did not win the Pulitzer Prize. It is a collection of short stories by Alice Munro that was first published in 2006, but it did not receive a Pulitzer Prize. Munro did, however, win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013 for her body of work.
William Inge won a 1953 Pulitzer Prize in Drama for his play, Picnic.
Theodore Seuss Geisel, better known to readers as Dr. Seuss, won a Special Citation (not a Pulitzer Prize) from the Pulitzer Prize Board in 1984.
Alice Walker's book, The Color Purple, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1983.
Gwendolyn Brooks won a Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for her collection, Annie Allen, in 1950.
In 1978, James Alan McPherson became the first African-American author to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction with his novel, Elbow Room.The Pulitzer Prize Board recognized Alex Haley with a Special Citation the year before (1977) for his historical fiction, Roots, but he didn't actually win a Pulitzer Prize.