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Toni Morrison won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for her novel, Beloved.

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Fiction: Elbow Room by James Alan McPherson

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James Alan McPherson won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1978 for his short story collection "Elbow Room."

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Toni Morrison, amongst many others. See Related Links.

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Toni Morrison's novel, Beloved, won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

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James Alan McPherson won the 1978 Pulitzer Prize in fiction for his novel, Elbow Room.

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William Styron won the 1968 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction with his novel, The Confessions of Nat Turner.

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