John F. Kennedy was the first and only US President to win a Pulitzer Prize. He received the award in 1957 for his biography of eight politically courageous Senators in Profiles in Courage.
John F. Kennedy won a Pulitzer Prize in 1957 for Profiles in Courage, his biography of eight US Senators.
President John F. Kennedy won a Pulitzer Prize in 1957 in Biography for Profiles in Courage, a book of eight vignettes of US Senators Kennedy believed had shown extraordinary political courage.
Some of the Senators were better known for other accomplishments: John Q. Adams became President; Daniel Webster was also a brilliant lawyer; Lucius Lamar became a US Supreme Court justice; but others, like Thomas Hart Benton, Sam Houston, Edmund Ross, George Norris and Robert A. Taft made their greatest mark as Senators.
A quote from the Profiles in Courage:
"In a democracy, every citizen, regardless of his interest in politics, "holds office"; every one of us is in a position of responsibility; and, in the final analysis, the kind of government we get depends upon how we fulfill those responsibilities. We, the people, are the boss, and we will get the kind of political leadership, be it good or bad, that we demand and deserve."
The first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded in 1917, established as the result of a provision in Joseph Pulitzer's will that sought to recognize excellence in two broad categories: Journalism and Letters, Drama and Music.
The first year, the board only awarded four prizes:
Reporting: Herbert Bayard Swope, New York World, for an extended series entitled "Inside the German Empire."
Editorial Writing: New York Tribune, for an editorial on the first anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania.
History: With Americans of Past and Present Daysby His Excellency J.J. Jusserand
Biography: Julia Ward Howe by Laura E. Richards and Maude Howe Elliott assisted by Florence Howe Hall (Houghton)
There were no winners in the categories of Public Service, Novels, or Drama.
Future-President John F. Kennedy was a Senator from Massachusetts when he wrote and published the 1957 Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Profiles in Courage, eight vignettes of US Senators he considered he considered to be politically courageous.
John F. Kennedy is the only US President to win a Pulitzer Prize, which he was awarded posthumously in 1957 for his book "Profiles in Courage."
Only one, President John F. Kennedy. Kennedy won the Pulitzer in 1957 for his biography of eight great Senators in the book Profiles in Courage.
No. Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009. The only President to win a Pulitzer Prize was John F. Kennedy for his biography Profiles in Courage.
Future President John F. Kennedy won the 1957 Pulitzer Prize in Biography for his book Profiles in Courage.
Pulitzer Prize
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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.