the fixer
No, unfortunately, Langston Hughes never won a Pulitzer Prize for his poetry. Author Arnold Rampersand was a 1989 Pulitzer Finalist for his biography of Hughes, however: The Life of Langston Hughes: Volume II, 1941-1967: I Dream a World.
1990
Of course.
Pulitzer Prize
Ornette Coleman became the second jazz musician to win a Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2007 with his composition, Sound Grammar. In 1997, Wynton Marsalis became the first jazz musician to win a Pulitzer with Blood on the Fields.
The Pulitzer Prize is awarded for excellence in newspaper journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition.
Canadian short-story author, Alice Ann Munro, did not win a Pulitzer Prize for her book, The View from Castle Rock(Vintage, 2008). The Pulitzer Prize is awarded to US citizens and residents.
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.
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.
William Inge won a 1953 Pulitzer Prize in Drama for his play, Picnic.
2011
No. According to the Pulitzer.org database, Doris Lessing never won a Pulitzer Prize.