In 1983, Alice Walker became the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for her acclaimed novel, The Color Purple.
In 1983, Alice Walker became the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for her acclaimed novel, The Color Purple.
In 1983, Alice Walker became the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for her acclaimed novel, The Color Purple.
yes, she was the first African American woman to ever receive the prize for a fiction novel
James Alan McPherson in 1978 for his work Elbow Room.
Philip Roth won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize in fiction for his novel, American Pastoral (Houghton Mifflin).
You may be referring to Alice Walker, the first African-American to win a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Walker's highly acclaimed novel, The Color Purple, received the award in 1983.
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction was created in 1948.
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.
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.
"The Road" by Cormac McCarthy won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2007.
Ellen Glasgow won the 1942 Pulitzer Prize in fiction for her novel, In This Our Life.