Booth Tarkington won a 1919 Pulitzer Prize for his novel, The Magnificent Ambersons (Doubleday).
"The Magnificent Ambersons" by Booth Tarkington won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1919.
Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novels "The Magnificent Ambersons" and "Alice Adams." He is considered one of the most successful writers in the early 20th century.
The Pulitzer Prize(s) was first awarded in 1917. Contrary to popular belief, there is more than one Pulitzer given each year. Prizes are awarded for a number of subcategories under both Journalism and Letters, Drama and Music.
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Pulitzer Prize is associated with the field of journalism, literature, and musical composition. It is awarded for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature, and musical composition.
Ernest Hemingway won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1953 for "The Old Man and the Sea" and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954 for his influential writing style and his profound impact on modern literature.
No. According to the Pulitzer.org database, Doris Lessing never won a Pulitzer Prize.
The answer to this question is unknown because the Pulitzer Prize Board didn't release information about nominees (actually, just the finalists) until 1995.
Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway won a 1953 Pulitzer Prize for his novella, The Old Man and the Sea, then won a Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1954. He committed suicide in 1960, after a long struggle with depression.
The Pulitzer Prize is awarded for excellence in the fields of journalism, literature, and musical composition. It is considered one of the most prestigious awards in these respective fields.
Harper Lee won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961 for her novel To Kill a Mockingbird.
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.