The Pulitzer and Nobel Prizes are two different awards. The Pulitzer Prize is given annually to journalists, photographers, authors, poets and musicians for a recently published (or performed) work that is considered excellent.
The Nobel Prizes span many different categories, but the one most similar to a Pulitzer is the Nobel Prize for Literature. This is more like a lifetime achievement award, and is given for a collection of writing produced over time, not for a single book.
Pulitzer Prize
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The Pulitzer Prize is awarded for excellence in newspaper journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition.
No. According to the Pulitzer.org database, Doris Lessing never won a Pulitzer Prize.
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.
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.
Al Gore never won the Pulitzer Prize. He won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his documentary about global warming, Inconvenient Truth.
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.
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.