Pulitzer Prize

American

noun

one of a group of annual prizes in journalism, literature, music, etc., established by Joseph Pulitzer: administered by Columbia University; first awarded 1917.

Pulitzer prize British

noun

one of a group of prizes established by Joseph Pulitzer and awarded yearly since 1917 for excellence in American journalism, literature, and music

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Vauhini Vara, is a tech journalist and the 2023 Pulitzer Prize finalist of “The Immortal King Rao,” who spent several years with Mahajan at Stanford as his classmate.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

In 2021, Liza was part of a team that was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting, for their coverage of Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

She was part of a WSJ team that won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in National Reporting for coverage of Elon Musk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

In 2011, Michael was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for his feature stories from the Afghanistan war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

Four decades later, Samuel Eliot Morison, twice a Pulitzer Prize ‘According to Joseph Conrad, the violence was of culinary origin. “

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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