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Jeffrey A. Marx became the youngest winner in 1986, at age 23, when he and fellow reporter Michael M. York received the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting. Marx and York wrote a series of articles, "Playing Above the Rules," exposing a serious NCAA violation at the University of Kentucky, which was providing cash pay-outs to its players. The articles were published in the Lexington Herald Leader in 1985.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoKatherine Anne Porter (1890 - 1980) was 75 years old when she won in 1966 for The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter. Cormac McCarthy (1933 -) was 73 when he won in 2007 for The Road, which I believe would make him the oldest man to win.
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∙ 13y agoJ. Ross Baughman, an Associated Press Photographer, became the youngest photojournalist to win a Pulitzer Prize in 1978. Baughman, who was just 23 years old at the time, received the Pulitzer in Feature Photography for images taken in guerrilla warfare zones in Rhodesia.
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Which Pulitzer Prize did the Los Angeles Times receive in 2010?
The LA Times did not receive a Pulitzer Prize in 2010. However, it was nominated for a Pulitzer for its exposure of gaps in California's oversight of dangerous and incompetent nurses.
Who was the first poet to receive a Pulitzer Prize?
Sara Teasdale was the first person to win a Pulitzer Prize for poetry. She was awarded the Pulitzer in 1918 for her collection, Love Songs. The Poetry Society provided a grant to support the this category in 1918-1920.
Did Angela Johnson receive a Pulitzer Prize for her books?
No, Angela Johnson has not received a Pulitzer Prize for her books.
When did John Steinbeck receive the Pulitzer Prize and for what title?
John Steinbeck won the Pulitzer Prize for Novels for his book The Grapes of Wrath in 1940. His novella, Of Mice and Men, never won a Pulitzer but did receive a 1938 Drama Critics' Circle Award.
Did Alice Walker receive her Pulitzer Prize?
yes, she was the first African American woman to ever receive the prize for a fiction novel
Did Doris Lessing ever win the Pulitzer Prize?
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.
What awards did Gwendolyn Brooks receive?
she won the Pulitzer prize, in 1950
When did Gwendolyn Brooks receive a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry?
Yes, Gwendolyn Brooks won a Pulitzer Prize for her book of poems, Annie Allen, in 1950.
Can you get a Pulitzer Prize if you are dead?
Yes, posthumous awards are possible for the Pulitzer Prize. The prize can be awarded to a deceased person or, in the case of a team award, to the surviving members.
What award did Esther Forbes receive?
She won the Pulitzer Prize and A Newbery from Johnny Tremain
Who is the only person to decline a Pulitzer prize?
Writer and philosopher Carl Sandburg declined a Pulitzer Prize for his biography of Abraham Lincoln in 1940 because he did not want to accept the prize unless it was awarded through the usual process.
What was the age of the oldest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize?
Leonid Hurwicz won the Nobel prize for Economics in 2007 at the age of 90 years ...
