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The Pulitzer Prize for Music is one of seven Pulitzer Prizes awarded annually in Letters, Drama, and Music. It was first given in 1943. Joseph Pulitzer arranged for a music scholarship to be awarded each year, and this was eventually converted into a prize: "For a distinguished musical composition of significant dimension by an American that has had its first performance in the United States ...
For biographies of the composers, see Category:Pulitzer Prize for Music winners. Pages in category "Pulitzer Prize for Music–winning works" The following 69 pages are in this category, out of 69 total.
Music portal; These composers have won the American Pulitzer Prize for Music, which annually recognizes a distinguished musical contribution by an American that had its first performance or recording in the United States during the year. For articles on their prize-winning music, see Category:Pulitzer Prize for Music–winning works.
Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy . Poetry: Things of This World by Richard Wilbur . Music: Meditations on Ecclesiastes by Norman Dello Joio , first performed at the Juilliard School of Music on April 20, 1956. Special Citation:
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.
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was ghostwritten for him" and that his speechwriter Ted Sorensen was the book's actual author, though his claim later was retracted by ...
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.
Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist for The Washington Post: Fred Haise: Astronaut, Pilot & Apollo 13 Crew Member [26] William Henry: Journalist & Daily Columnist for the Los Angeles Times [25] Arthur Krock: 3x Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist for The New York Times [25] David Lawrence: Founder of U.S. News & World Report [25] G. Gould Lincoln