The Pulitzer Prize for Commentary (typically columns) only dates back to 1970.
Pulitzer Prize for Commentary
(retrieved from the Pulitzer database)
Pulitzer Prize for Commentary was created in 1970.
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
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.
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 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.
Walter Wellesley (Red) Smith of The New York Timeswon the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary "on sports in 1975 and for many other years."
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.