poo-lit-zer
Wrong. According to the Pulitzer site it is pronounced like "Pull it, Sir."
Addendum: My father won two Pulitzer Prizes, and was once at a dinner for Pulitzer winners where he met Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer, the late newsman's widow. He asked her to settle the issue, and she said that it was and always had been pronounced "PULL-it-zer".
The correct pronunciation is "PULL-it-ser".
The name Pulitzer has 3 syllables, and the first syllable is emphasized; they are pronounced like the words pew lit sir.
It is pronounced as "lil-ee Pull-it-zer."
Lilly Pulitzer was not related to Joseph Pulitzer. Lilly Pulitzer was a fashion designer known for her colorful, vibrant prints, while Joseph Pulitzer was a newspaper publisher who established the Pulitzer Prize for achievements in journalism, literature, and musical composition.
Journalist Joseph Pulitzer.
The Pulitzer Prize was established in 1917 by Joseph Pulitzer, a Hungarian-American newspaper publisher, best known for endowing the Columbia School of Journalism and establishing the Pulitzer Prizes in journalism, literature, and music.
Roxanne Pulitzer was born in 1951.
Hotel Pulitzer was created in 1970.
Lisa Pulitzer was born in 1964.
Pulitzer pictures can be found on Pulitzer's official website. Newseum also has photograph gallery of pictures of Pulitzer photos to be viewed by anyone at anytime.
Lilly Pulitzer is still alive, at 77!
The correct pronunciation of Pulitzer is "PULL-it-sir."
The Pulitzer Prize was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, a Hungarian-American newspaper publisher.