Pulitzer Prize
noun
Pu·lit·zer Prize
ˈpu̇-lət-sər- 
ˈpyü-
: any of various annual prizes (as for outstanding literary or journalistic achievement) established by the will of Joseph Pulitzer
called also Pulitzer
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
Written by Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri, this book catalogues the author’s passionate, life-altering decision to learn Italian by immersing herself in the language and culture.
—Sophie Dodd, Bon Appétit, 11 Dec. 2024
The play premiered in London in 1983 before heading to Broadway in 1984 and winning the Pulitzer Prize in drama.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024
In the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Piano Lesson, which was recently adapted into a Netflix movie, a piano is hand-carved with intricate portraits of an enslaved family—and years later, that family’s descendants wrestle with the value of this heirloom.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
Written by Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri, this book catalogues the author’s passionate, life-altering decision to learn Italian by immersing herself in the language and culture.
—Sophie Dodd, Bon Appétit, 11 Dec. 2024
The play premiered in London in 1983 before heading to Broadway in 1984 and winning the Pulitzer Prize in drama.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024
In the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Piano Lesson, which was recently adapted into a Netflix movie, a piano is hand-carved with intricate portraits of an enslaved family—and years later, that family’s descendants wrestle with the value of this heirloom.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
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