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As defined in the original Plan of Award, the prize was given "Annually, for the American novel published during the year which shall best present the wholesome atmosphere of American life, and the highest standard of American manners and manhood," although there was some struggle over whether the word wholesome should be used instead of whole, the word Pulitzer had written in his will. [3]
Writers who have won the American Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (since 1949). This award replaced the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel (given from 1918 to 1947). For articles about the writers: Category:Pulitzer Prize for the Novel winners (1918–1947) Category:Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winners (1948–present) For articles about the books:
In 1981, Janet Cooke, a staff writer on the Post's "Weeklies" section, received the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing for her story, "Jimmy's World," a profile of an eight-year-old heroin addict in Washington, D.C. [64] The Post later returned the award when the newspaper revealed the story had been fabricated.
Six American writers including Rachel Kushner, Percival Everett and Tommy Orange are among 13 semifinalists announced Tuesday for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction. Pulitzer Prize-winning ...
American poet Robert Frost received the Pulitzer Prize four times from 1924 to 1943. William Allen White received the Pulitzer Prize twice but in two different categories: Journalism in 1923 for an editorial writing and posthumously in 1947 in the category Books, Drama, and Music for his autobiography.
(Top) 1 History. 2 Entry and ... The Pulitzer Prizes [1] (/ ... Writers, including Pulitzer Prize winners, joined a boycott of the Israeli publishing industry by ...
German Book Prize – for the best German language novel of the year; Leipzig Book Fair Prize – in three categories: fiction, non-fiction, and translation; Ingeborg Bachmann Prize; Aspekte-Literaturpreis (Aspekte Literature Prize) – for the best debut novel written in German; Kleist Prize – first awarded in 1912
The Washington Post has won 65 Pulitzer Prizes [1] in journalism, the second highest of any newspaper or magazine in the United States. It has won the gold medal for Public Service, the most distinguished award, [2] six times. The newspaper won its first prize in 1936 for Editorial Writing and its most recent in 2022. [3]