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The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music. It recognizes distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life, published during the preceding calendar year. As the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel (awarded 1918–1947), it was one ...
Pulitzer Prize. The Pulitzer Prizes[1] (/ ˈpʊlɪtsər / [2]) are two dozen annual awards given by Columbia University in New York for achievements in the United States in "journalism, arts and letters." They were established in 1917 by the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher.
The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes awarded annually for Letters, Drama, and Music. It was first presented in 1922, and is given for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author, published during the preceding calendar year. Finalists have been announced since 1980, ordinarily two others ...
Robert Frost, Poetry. Eugene O'Neill, Drama. Robert E. Sherwood, Drama (3) and Biography. Three prizes. Edward Albee, Drama. Archibald MacLeish, Poetry (2) and Drama. Edwin Arlington Robinson, Poetry (3) Carl Sandburg, Poetry (2) and History. Robert Penn Warren, Poetry (2) and Fiction.
Pulitzer Prize. The Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are awarded annually for the "Letters, Drama, and Music" category. The award is given to a nonfiction book written by an American author and published during the preceding calendar year that is ineligible for any other Pulitzer Prize.
The novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction a year after its publication, and was a finalist for the 1987 National Book Award. [2] [3] A survey of writers and literary critics compiled by The New York Times ranked it as the best work of American fiction from 1981 to 2006. [4] It was adapted as a 1998 movie of the same name, starring Oprah Winfrey.
African-American writer and poet Maya Angelou (1928–2014) was honored by universities, literary organizations, government agencies, and special interest groups. Her honors include a Pulitzer Prize nomination for her book of poetry Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie, a Tony Award nomination for her role in the 1973 play Look Away ...
The book was awarded the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for poetry, and was also awarded Poetry magazine's Eunice Tietjens Prize. [ 12 ] In 1953, Brooks published her first and only narrative book, a novella titled Maud Martha , which is a series of 34 vignettes about the experience of black women entering adulthood, consistent with the themes of her ...