According to the Pulitzer Prize Board, Paul Harding's novel, Tinkers, won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction because they considered it "a powerful celebration of life in which a New England father and son, through suffering and joy, transcend their imprisoning lives and offer new ways of perceiving the world and mortality."
Pulitzer Prize
The last book to win both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award was "The Nickel Boys" by Colson Whitehead. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2020 and the National Book Award for Fiction in 2019.
Alice Walker's book, The Color Purple, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1983.
The Pulitzer Prize
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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.
John Steinbeck won the Pulitzer Prize for Novels for his book The Grapes of Wrath in 1940.
Rene Jules Dubos won a 1969 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction for his book, So Human An Animal.
Future President John F. Kennedy won the 1957 Pulitzer Prize in Biography for his book Profiles in Courage.
Carl Sagan won a Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for his book The Dragons of Eden in 1978.
First write a really great book, get recognized, and you get nominated.
The first African American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for literature was Gwendolyn Brooks. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1950 for her book of poetry titled "Annie Allen." Brooks was a pioneering poet who explored the African American experience in her work.