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Since this category's inception in 1918, 31 women have won the prize. Four authors have won two prizes each in the Fiction category: Booth Tarkington, William Faulkner, John Updike, and Colson Whitehead. Because the award is for books published in the preceding calendar year, the "Year" column links to the preceding year in literature.
Profiles in Courage is a 1956 volume of short biographies describing acts of bravery and integrity by eight United States senators.The book, authored by John F. Kennedy with Ted Sorensen as a ghostwriter, profiles senators who defied the opinions of their party and constituents to do what they felt was right and suffered severe criticism and losses in popularity as a result.
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:
Journalist Drew Pearson claimed on an episode of The Mike Wallace Interview which aired in December 1957 [37] that "John F. Kennedy is the only man in history that I know who won a Pulitzer Prize for a book that was ghostwritten for him" and that his speechwriter Ted Sorensen was the book's actual author, though his claim later was retracted by ...
These books have won the annual American Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which replaced the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1948. See also Category:Pulitzer Prize for the Novel–winning works (1918–1947). For biographies of the writers, see Category:Pulitzer Prize for the Novel winners and Category:Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winners.
Writers who have won the American Pulitzer Prize for the Novel, awarded from 1918 to 1947. This award was replaced in 1948 by the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. 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:
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.
President John F. Kennedy with the Boston Celtics, January 1963 Kennedy was a fan of Major League Baseball 's Boston Red Sox and the National Basketball Association 's Boston Celtics . [ 454 ] [ 455 ] Growing up on Cape Cod, Kennedy and his siblings developed a lifelong passion for sailing . [ 456 ]