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The Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are awarded annually for the "Letters, Drama, and Music" category. The award is given to a nonfiction book written by an American author and published during the preceding calendar year that is ineligible for any other Pulitzer Prize.
American non-fiction writers have won the American Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. Awarded since 1962 for a distinguished work of nonfiction by an American writer that is not eligible in another category. For the authors prize-winning books, see Category:Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction–winning works
These books have been recognized by the American Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, awarded since 1962 for a distinguished work of nonfiction by an American writer that is not eligible in another category. For biographies of the prize-winning writers, see Category:Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction winners.
Leipzig Book Fair Prize – in three categories: fiction, non-fiction, and translation; Ingeborg Bachmann Prize; Aspekte-Literaturpreis (Aspekte Literature Prize) – for the best debut novel written in German; Kleist Prize – first awarded in 1912; Merano Poetry Prize – established in 1993 for poetry
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.
A three-member panel nominated three books, which were then sent to the 20-member Pulitzer Prize Board. Because no book received a majority of the votes from the board members, no prize was given. [3] This was the first time since 1977, and the eleventh time in Pulitzer history that there was no winner in the fiction category.
An example of a writing field that has been expanded was the former Pulitzer Prize for the Novel (awarded 1918–1947), which has been changed to the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which also includes short stories, novellas, novelettes, and poetry, as well as novels. Chronology of Pulitzer Prize categories
For articles on particular works that have been recognized by their prizes, see Category:Pulitzer Prize-winning works Subcategories This category has the following 12 subcategories, out of 12 total.