Pulitzer

[pool-it-ser, pyoo-lit-]

noun

1. Joseph, 1847–1911, U.S. journalist and publisher, born in Hungary.

Pulitzer

/ ˈpʊlɪtsə /

noun

1. Joseph. 1847–1911, US newspaper publisher, born in Hungary. He established the Pulitzer prizes

Example Sentences

The reporting won him the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, making him the first freelancer ever to win in that category.

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His Pulitzer Prize-winning 2012 novel, “The Orphan Master’s Son,” is set in North Korea, one of the last places that outsiders cannot freely visit.

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While Felt never got the top job, he is now remembered as the prized anonymous source “Deep Throat,” who helped Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in their Pulitzer Prize-winning Watergate investigation.

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Less than three years after joining the “Post,” Oliphant received the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning for an illustration of Ho Chi Minh carrying the body of a dead Vietnamese man.

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This fiery debut from the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright grapples with April’s anguished question: “How, God? How could love look like leaving?”

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When To Use

What is a Pulitzer?

Pulitzer is a short name for the Pulitzer Prize, one of the annual prizes awarded for excellence in journalism, photojournalism, fiction and nonfiction books, drama, poetry, and music. Along with writers and artists, some prizes are also awarded to news publications. They are primarily awarded to U.S. citizens and U.S.-based publications.Winning a Pulitzer is widely considered one of the most prestigious honors in these fields, especially for U.S. journalism.How is Pulitzer pronounced?The correct pronunciation of Pulitzer is PULL-it-sur (not PYOOL-it-sur).