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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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What book won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1983?
The Color Purple, by Alice Walker, won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Who won the Pulitzer Prize for Picnic?
William Inge won the 1953 Pulitzer Prize in Drama for his play, Picnic, an expansion of a shorter play, Front Porch, he'd written earlier in 1952.
The Broadway production of Picnic garnered an Outer Circle Award, the New York Drama Critics' Award, and the Donaldson Award.
The 1955 screen adaption won two Academy Awards and one Golden Globe.
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When did Long Day's Journey into Night win a Pulitzer Prize?
Eugene O'Neill won the 1957 Pulitzer Prize in Drama for his play, Long Day's Journey Into Night.
Who are the characters in the book a certain october by Angela Johnson?
The main characters in "A Certain October" by Angela Johnson are Scotty, a high school student mourning the loss of his mother, and Twyla, a mysterious girl who Scotty befriends as he struggles to come to terms with his grief. Their evolving relationship leads Scotty on a journey of self-discovery and healing.
What American author won the Pulitzer Prize for the novel Gone With the Wind?
Margaret Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize for best Novel for her Civil War saga, Gone with the Wind, in 1937. (The Novel category was renamed Fiction in 1948.)
Who was the first African-American man to win a Pulitzer Prize for journalism?
Moneta Sleet, Jr., award-winning photojournalist, became the first African-American man to win a Pulitzer Prize in 1969 for "Deep Sorrow," his photograph of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s widow, taken at Dr. King's funeral. The image was published in Ebony Magazine.
How many people have won multiple Nobel prizes?
5...Marie Curie, Linus Pauling, John Bardeen, Frederick Sangerand nelson Mandela
