Dorothy Uhnak is one Pulitzer Prize winner with a last name starting with the letter U. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1963 for her novel "The Bunyip."
There were no female Pulitzer Prize winners in 1936. Margaret Mitchell won a Prize in 1937 for her novel, Gone with the Wind.
Some colleges with a significant number of Pulitzer Prize winners include Columbia University, Harvard University, and the University of Chicago. These institutions have a history of producing notable writers, journalists, and scholars who have been recognized with Pulitzer Prizes for their work.
The Washington Post and its journalists have collected a total of 57 Pulitzer Prizes for various Journalism categories as of 2011.
In 1981, the Pulitzer Prize awards were $7,500 and a certificate. This amount was increased to $10,000 in 2002.
There are lots of Pulitzer Prize winners named John, but you may be asking about John Steinbeck, author of the 1940 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Grapes of Wrath.
According to the official Pulitzer Prize website (see Related Links), winners are announced in April each year, but the awards are presented at a luncheon in May.
The book prize winners for this year vary depending on the award and category. Some notable winners include the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction won by Louise Erdrich for "The Night Watchman" and the Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Abdulrazak Gurnah.
The Columbia University Board of Trustees selected four Pulitzer Prize winners in 1917. The presentation was made on the campus of Columbia University, in New York City.
Pulitzer Prize judges are usually a panel of experts in the fields of journalism, literature, or other categories. They are appointed by the Pulitzer Prize Board and are responsible for reviewing submissions and selecting the winners based on the criteria established for each category. The identities of the Pulitzer Prize judges are typically kept confidential to ensure the integrity and independence of the selection process.
Listing all Pulitzer Prize winners from 1987 to 1997 is a project beyond the scope of this site. You can retrieve that information from the Pulitzer.org database, accessible via Related Links, below.
There were winners in many categories including Dave Barry for commentary, Beloved by Toni Morrison and Driving Miss Daisy by Alfred Uhry.http://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/1988
No. Nathaniel Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter was written in 1850, 67 years before the first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded. Only writing published in the year before the award is given is eligible for Pulitzer nomination.