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Pulitzer Prize Winners
Winners of the Pulitzer Prize are chosen by an independent board. Notable winners include President John F. Kennedy for Biography, Robert Frost for Poetry, and Margaret Leech for History. Winners receive a certificate and a US$10,000 cash award.
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Who won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1985?
Alison Lurie won the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her novel Foreign Affairs (Random House).
Did Leo Tolstoy ever win a Pulitzer Prize?
No. The Pulitzer Prizes were first awarded in 1917 for American (US) work published in the preceding year (1916). Leo Tolstoy was Russian, lived outside the United States, and died in 1910, so he wouldn't have been eligible to participate.
When did Donald Murray win the Pulitzer Prize?
A man named Donald Murray, journalist for the Boston Herald, won a 1954 Pulitzer Prize for a series of editorials about the US National Defense.
What year did Duke Ellington win the Pulitzer Prize?
The Pulitzer Jury recommended Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington for a Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1965, but the Board rejected their suggestion. Ellington won a posthumous Special Citation (not a Pulitzer Prize) in 1999 "in recognition of his musical genius, which evoked aesthetically the principles of democracy through the medium of jazz and thus made an indelible contribution to art and culture."
Did Angels in America win a Pulitzer Prize?
Yes, Tony Kushner won a 1993 Pulitzer Prize in Drama for his two-part play, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches. HBO Films created a miniseries based on Kushner's work in 2003 that won both a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy.
Who was the first Filipino to receive a Pulitzer Prize?
Carlos P. Romulo, who became President of the United Nations General Assembly in 1949, was the first Filipino to win a Pulitzer Prize. Romulo was awarded the 1942 Pulitzer for Correspondence (now called International Reporting) while working as a reporter for the Philippines Herald for "his observations and forecasts of Far Eastern developments during a tour of the trouble centers from Hong Kong to Batavia."
Which organization won the most Pulitzer Prizes?
The New York Times has won the most Pulitzer Prizes by far, at 109, including the five received in 2011. The newspaper with the second best record is The Washington Post, with 57 awards.
Who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1960?
Letters, Drama, and Music
Fiction: The Edge of Sadness by Edwin O'Connor
Drama: How To Succeed In Business Without Really Tryingby Frank Loesser and Abe Burrows
History: The Triumphant Empire: Thunder-Clouds Gather in the West 1763-1766 by Lawrence H. Gipson
Biography or Autobiography: (No Award)
Poetry: Poems by Alan Dugan
General Nonfiction: The Making of the President 1960 by Theodore H. White
Music: The Crucible by Robert Ward, based on the play by Arthur Miller.
Journalism
Public Service: Panama City News-Herald
Local Reporting; Edition Time: Robert D. Mulllins of Deseret News, Salt Lake City, UT
Local Reporting; No Edition Time: George Bliss of Chicago Tribune
National Reporting: Nathan G. Caldwell and Gene S. Graham of Nashville Tennessean
International Reporting: Walter Lippmann of New York Herald Tribune Syndicate
Editorial Writing: Thomas M. Storke of Santa Barbara News-Press
Editorial Cartooning: Edmund S. Valtman of The Hartford Times
Photography: Paul Vathis of Associated Press, For the photograph "Serious Steps"
Who has won the Pulitzer Prize since since 1989?
Listing all Pulitzer Prize winners from 1989 through the present is a project beyond the scope of this site. You can retrieve that information from the Pulitzer.org database, accessible via Related Links, below.
Who won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for biography or autobiography?
Frank McCourt won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography with his book about his mother and his childhood in Ireland, Angela's Ashes: A Memoir.
What year did Pearl S Buck win the Pulitzer Prize?
Pearl S. Buck won the 1932 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for her novel, The Good Earth.
What Washington Post reporter wrote a fake news story and won a Pulitzer Prize for it?
Janet Cooke, a journalist for The Washington Post,won a 1981 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing for "Jimmy's World," an article about an eight-year-old heroin addict living in urban Washington, DC.
Then-Mayor Marion Barry ordered city officials to organize a search to locate the boy, but were unable to find him. Barry, however, claimed the city had rescued "Jimmy" and that he was currently in treatment. Assistant Managing Editor Bob Woodward believed the report was truthful and nominated Cooke's article for a Pulitzer.
After Cooke won, several reporters at the Post raised questions about her anonymous sources and compared apparent lies she'd told about her personal life. After a brief investigation, the newspaper determined the story had been fabricated and issued a public apology for publishing it.
Two days later, Cooke returned the Prize and resigned from The Washington Post, citing the high pressure environment as her reason for submitting a fictitious piece.
The Pulitzer Prize Board subsequently gave the award for Feature Writing to Teresa Carpenter of The Village Voice, in New York City.
The story was later released as a movie, The Hoax, starring Richard Gere.
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Who was the youngest winner of the Pulitzer prize for drama?
In 1927, Sidney Kingsley (born Kirschner) became the youngest playwright to win a Pulitzer Prize for drama at age 27 for his three-act play, Men in White.
The five youngest Pulitzer Prize winners in Drama:
- Sidney Kingsley, 1934, age 27
- Beth Henley, 1981, age 29
- David Auburn, 2001, age 31
- Eugene O'Neill, 1920, age 32
- William Saroyan, 1940, age 32
How many Hispanics have won the Pulitzer prize?
In 1990, Oscar Hijuelos became the first Hispanic-American to win a Pulitzer Prize. His novel, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love (Farrar), tells the story of two brothers who emigrate to New York City from Cuba in the early 1950s. The movie, The Mambo Kings (1992) was based on Hijuelos' book.
When and why did Dr. Seuss win a Pulitzer Prize?
Theodor Geisel, better known to readers as Dr. Suess, won a Special Citation from the Pulitzer Prize Board in 1984 "for his special contribution over nearly half a century to the education and enjoyment of America's children and their parents."
he won the pulitzer prize in 1984
Who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1975?
Letters, Drama, and Music
Fiction: The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
Drama: Seascape by Edward Albee
History: Jefferson and His Time, Vols. I-V by Dumas Malone
Biography or Autobiography: The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert Caro
Poetry: Turtle Island by Gary Snyder
General Nonfiction: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
Music: From the Diary of Virginia Woolf by Dominick Argento
Journalism
Public Service: The Boston Globe: For its massive and balanced coverage of the Boston school desegregation crisis.
Local General or Spot News Reporting: Staff of Xenia (OH) Daily Gazette
Local Investigative Specialized Reporting: Staff of Indianapolis Star
National Reporting: Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele of The Philadelphia Inquirer
International Reporting: William Mullen-reporter, and Ovie Carter-photographer of the Chicago Tribune
Commentary: Mary McGrory of The Washington Star
Criticism: Roger Ebert of Chicago Sun-Times
Editorial Writing: John Daniell Maurice of Charleston(WV) Daily Mail
Editorial Cartooning: Garry Trudeau of Universal Press Syndicate
Spot News Photography: Gerald H. Gay of The Seattle Times
Feature Photography: Matthew Lewis of The Washington Post
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein investigated the Watergate scandal, the 1972 break-in at Democratic Headquarters in Washington, DC, months before the Presidential election. The two young Washington Post reporters used a confidential informant identified only as "Deep Throat" to reveal the massive government cover-up that included President Richard Nixon and many high-ranking members of his staff. Woodward and Bernstein's relentless pursuit of truth ultimately resulted in The Washington Post receiving the prestigious Pulitzer Public Service Award.
President Nixon resigned in August 1974.
How did the The View from Castle Rock win the 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.
Who is the Pulitzer Prize winner named John?
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.
How many Pulitzer Prize gold medals are given out every second?
No Pulitzer Prize gold medals are given out every second. The Pulitzer Prizes are awarded annually across various categories such as journalism, literature, and music, and only a limited number of recipients receive a gold medal each year.
What author won a Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize then committed suicide seven years later?
Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway won a 1953 Pulitzer Prize for his novella, The Old Man and the Sea, then won a Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1954. He committed suicide in 1960, after a long struggle with depression.
What Western novel won a Pulitzer Prize in 1986?
Larry McMurty's Western saga, Lonesome Dove, won the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The book was later adapted as a television miniseries.
Did Langston Hughes win a Pulitzer Prize?
No, unfortunately, Langston Hughes never won a Pulitzer Prize for his poetry. Author Arnold Rampersand was a 1989 Pulitzer Finalist for his biography of Hughes, however: The Life of Langston Hughes: Volume II, 1941-1967: I Dream a World.
Why did Maus receive a special Pulitzer Prize?
Maus, a graphic novel by Art Spiegelman, received a special Pulitzer Prize in 1992 for its poignant and innovative depiction of the Holocaust through the use of comics. The Pulitzer committee recognized the groundbreaking nature of Maus as a work that furthered the understanding and appreciation of the genre of comics as a medium for serious literature.
