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Siddhartha Mukherjee, an Indian-American writer, won the Pulitzer Prize in 2011 for his book "The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer."
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Which book won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2011?
The novel "A Visit from the Goon Squad" by Jennifer Egan won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2011.
What year did Nikki Kahn win the Pulitzer prize?
2011
How many Pulitzer Prize winners did The Washington Post produce?
The Washington Post and its journalists have collected a total of 57 Pulitzer Prizes for various Journalism categories as of 2011.
How many Pulitzer prize has CNN won?
As of 2011, the Wall Street Journal has won 34 Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism.
Who was the youngest winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?
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.
Who are the last five Pulitzer Prize winners in Literature?
2011 Jennifer Egan (Book Title: A Visit from the Goon Squad)2010 Paul Harding (Book Title: Tinkers)2009 Elizabeth Strout (Book Title: Olive Kitteridge)2008 Junot Diaz (Book Title: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Mao)2007 Cormac Mccarthy (Book Title: The Road)2006 Geraldine Brooks (Book Title: March)
What is the most recent US newspaper to win the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service?
The Los Angeles Times won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2011 for "its exposure of corruption in the small California city of Bell where officials tapped the treasury to pay themselves exorbitant salaries, resulting in arrests and reforms"
Who won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for jazz?
The first musical to win a Pulitzer Prize was Of Thee I Sing, a political satire based on a book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind, lyrics by Ira Gershwin. The play debuted in 1931 and won the Pulitzer in 1932. Although George Gershwin wrote the musical score, his name is not listed as one of the winners.
What was Final Jeopardy for March 1 2011?
The final category was 20th Century Authors The Clue was: A novel set during the depression earned this author a 1940 Pulitzer prize and contributed to him winning a Nobel Prize on 1962 The answer was: Who was John Steinbeck
Did Clifford J Levy win a Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting in 2005?
No. Clifford J Levy, journalist for the New York Times, won a Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting in2003 "for his vivid, brilliantly written series "Broken Homes" that exposed the abuse of mentally ill adults in state-regulated homes."He shared a second Pulitzer in 2011 with Ellen Barry for International Reporting. The Pulitzer Board cited the reason as "their dogged reporting that put a human face on the faltering justice system in Russia, remarkably influencing the discussion inside the country."
Has one person won the Pulitzer Prize 49 times?
No. There is no single individual who won 49 Pulitzer Prizes, but some newspapers and news organizations have accumulated many for journalism categories over the years.The Associated Press (aka AP), which is not a newspaper but a "wire service" (or news bureau) that supplies articles and photographs to newspapers won 49 Pulitzer Prizes. Most of the their awards were for photography or photojournalism, and the majority of their wins were prior to 1990.The New York Times has an impressive record of 109 wins since 1917, the greatest number of Pulitzer Prizes won by one organization, as of 2011.
Why was there no Pulitzer prize for fiction in 2012?
The three finalist were an odd bunch and none of the books received a majority of the votes.Train Dreams was not published in 2011, but republished in 2011.The Pale King was an incomplete novel by the late David Foster Wallace.Swamplandia! was not a typically written novel and not up to the standards of the jurors.
