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Current and historical winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Letters, Drama and Music, with links to further information at BookBrowse.

Pulitzer Prize for Letters, Drama and Music
Joseph Pulitzer, a renowned journalist, established this award in 1917. Since 1984 Pulitzer winners have received their prizes from the president of Columbia University at a luncheon in May in the rotunda of the Low Library in the presence of family members, professional associates, board members, and the faculty of the School of Journalism.
Current and Previous Award Winners:
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The Orphan Master's Son

 		Pulitzer Prize for Fiction:
The Orphan Master's Son  by  Adam Johnson

Devil in the Grove

Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction:
Devil in the Grove  by  Gilbert King

Embers of War

Pulitzer Prize for History:
Embers of War  by  Fredrik Logevall

The Black Count

Pulitzer Prize for Biography:
The Black Count  by  Tom Reiss

Stag's Leap

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry:
Stag's Leap  by  Sharon Olds
2012

The Swerve

Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction:
The Swerve  by  Stephen Greenblatt

George F. Kennan

Pulitzer Prize for Biography:
George F. Kennan  by  John Lewis Gaddis

Malcolm X

Pulitzer Prize for History:
Malcolm X  by  Manning Marable

Life on Mars

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry:
Life on Mars  by  Tracy K. Smith
2011

A Visit from the Goon Squad

 		Pulitzer Prize for Fiction:
A Visit from the Goon Squad  by  Jennifer Egan

The Emperor of All Maladies

Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction:
The Emperor of All Maladies  by  Siddhartha Mukherjee

Washington

Pulitzer Prize for Biography:
Washington  by  Ron Chernow

The Fiery Trial

Pulitzer Prize for History:
The Fiery Trial  by  Eric Foner

The Best of It

 		Pulitzer Prize for Poetry:
The Best of It  by  Kay Ryan
2010

Tinkers

 		Pulitzer Prize for Fiction:
Tinkers  by  Paul Harding

The Dead Hand

Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction:
The Dead Hand  by  David E. Hoffman

Lords of Finance

Pulitzer Prize for History:
Lords of Finance  by  Liaquat Ahamed

The First Tycoon

Pulitzer Prize for Biography:
The First Tycoon  by  T.J. Stiles

Versed

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry:
Versed  by  Rae Armantrout
2009

Olive Kitteridge

 		Pulitzer Prize for Fiction:
Olive Kitteridge  by  Elizabeth Strout

Slavery by Another Name

 		Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction:
Slavery by Another Name  by  Douglas Blackmon

The Hemingses of Monticello

 		Pulitzer Prize for History:
The Hemingses of Monticello  by  Annette Gordon-Reed

American Lion

 		Pulitzer Prize for Biography:
American Lion  by  Jon Meacham
2008

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

 		Pulitzer Prize for Fiction:
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao  by  Junot Diaz

The Years of Extermination

Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction:
The Years of Extermination  by  Saul Friedlander

Eden's Outcasts

Pulitzer Prize for Biography:
Eden's Outcasts  by  John Matteson

What Hath God Wrought

Pulitzer Prize for History:
What Hath God Wrought  by  Daniel Walker Howe
2007

The Road

 		Pulitzer Prize for Fiction:
The Road  by  Cormac McCarthy

The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11

Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction:
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11  by  Lawrence Wright

The Race Beat

Pulitzer Prize for History:
The Race Beat  by  Gene Roberts, Hank Klibanoff

The Most Famous Man in America

Pulitzer Prize for Biography:
The Most Famous Man in America  by  Debby Applegate
2006

March

 		Pulitzer Prize for Fiction:
March  by  Geraldine Brooks

Imperial Reckoning

Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction:
Imperial Reckoning  by  Caroline Elkins

American Prometheus

Pulitzer Prize for Biography:
American Prometheus  by  Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

Polio

Pulitzer Prize for History:
Polio  by  David M. Oshinsky
2005

Gilead

 		Pulitzer Prize for Fiction:
Gilead  by  Marilynne Robinson

Ghost Wars

Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction:
Ghost Wars  by  Steve Coll

De Kooning

Pulitzer Prize for Biography:
De Kooning  by  Mark Stevens, Annalyn Swan

Washington's Crossing

Pulitzer Prize for History:
Washington's Crossing  by  David Hackett Fischer
2004

The Known World

 		Pulitzer Prize for Fiction:
The Known World  by  Edward Jones

Gulag

Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction:
Gulag  by  Anne Applebaum

Khrushchev

Pulitzer Prize for Biography:
Khrushchev  by  William Taubman

A Nation under Our Feet

Pulitzer Prize for History:
A Nation under Our Feet  by  Steven Hahn
2003

Middlesex

 		Pulitzer Prize for Fiction:
Middlesex  by  Jeffrey Eugenides

A Problem from Hell

Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction:
A Problem from Hell  by  Samantha Power

An Army at Dawn

Pulitzer Prize for History:
An Army at Dawn  by  Rick Atkinson

Master of the Senate

 		Pulitzer Prize for Biography:
Master of the Senate  by  Robert Caro
2002

Empire Falls

 		Pulitzer Prize for Fiction:
Empire Falls  by  Richard Russo

Carry Me Home

Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction:
Carry Me Home  by  Diane McWhorter

The Metaphysical Club

Pulitzer Prize for History:
The Metaphysical Club  by  Louis Menand

John Adams

 		Pulitzer Prize for Biography:
John Adams  by  David McCullough
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