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The Pulitzer Prizes [1] (/ ˈ p ʊ l ɪ t s ər / [2]) are 23 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.
Working for the next seven years, [32] McCullough published John Adams (2001), his third biography about a United States president. One of the fastest-selling non-fiction books in history, [ 10 ] the book won McCullough's second Pulitzer Prize for "Best Biography or Autobiography" in 2002. [ 1 ]
From 1917 to 2022, this prize was known as the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography and was awarded to a distinguished biography, autobiography or memoir [2] by an American author or co-authors, published during the preceding calendar year. Thus it is one of the original Pulitzers, for the program was inaugurated in 1917 with seven ...
Many people have won more than one Pulitzer Prize. Nelson Harding is the only person to have received a prize in two consecutive years, the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in 1927 and 1928. American poet Robert Frost received the Pulitzer Prize four times from 1924 to 1943.
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.
3x Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist for The New York Times [24] David Lawrence: Founder of U.S. News & World Report [24] ... 42nd President of the United States
Truman is a 1992 biography of the 33rd President of the United States Harry S. Truman written by popular historian David McCullough. The book won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography. The book was later made into a movie with the same name by HBO.
It was the second time (following his 1938 Pulitzer Prize) that Krock had won the Prize for an exclusive interview with a sitting president—which was exceedingly rare and a contravention of unwritten rules of engagement between a President and the press pool. At the time, it was viewed as a scandal among the White House press. [15]