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From her work on that groundbreaking assemblage emerged the idea for “Beloved,” which won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
His work for the Journal has won several awards, including a Gerald Loeb and a Pulitzer Prize.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Her reporting on Jeffrey Epstein’s network and his 50th birthday book was a finalist for the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service and helped provoke the release of millions of Justice Department documents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
The play, which received the Pulitzer Prize this year, was hands down the best work I read or saw since last year’s Pulitzer and Tony winner, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ “Purpose.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
“She is only a world-famous writer who wrote three Pulitzer Prize books about the deciduous trees of South Carolina.”
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
Cats: The Jellicle Ball took home three trophies, while feminism epic Liberation won best play after recently winning the Pulitzer prize for drama.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
In 2003, he was part of a Journal team that won a Pulitzer prize for a series on corporate corruption, and is a three-time winner of the Gerald Loeb Award, business journalism's highest honor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
Pulitzer prize winning digital media company BuzzFeed will shut down its news division as it cuts about 15% of its entire staff.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
I wanna talk to you about the Pulitzer prize, bro.
From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2022
I'll never get the Pulitzer prize for the best novel or for the best play, but if there was a Pulitzer prize for the greatest human goat nobody else would be in the running.
From Goat-Feathers by Butler, Ellis Parker
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