The 2009 Pulitzer Prizes have been announced. Stop by The Green Free Library to check-out one of these esteemed works, or put your name on the hold list if the title you are interested in is currently checked-out.
The winner for Fiction is:
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout (Random House)
Finalists:
The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich
All Souls by Christine Shutt
The winner for History is :
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed (W.W. Norton & Company)
The winner for Biography or Autobiography is:
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House by Jon Meacham (Random House)
The Pulitzer Prize is an award established by Joseph Pulitzer, and was first given in 1917 (6 years after his death). It recognizes achievements in newspaper journalism, literature and music composition, and is administered by Columbia University in New York City.
Each year prizes are given in 21 categories, including:
Public Service
Breaking News Reporting
Investigative Reporting
Explanatory Reporting
Local Reporting
National Reporting
International Reporting
Feature Writing
Commentary
Criticism
Editorial Writing
Editorial Cartooning
Breaking News Photography
Feature Photography
Fiction
Drama
History
Biography or Autobiography
Poetry
General Non-Fiction
Music
Special citations and awards are also given, though none were awarded this year.
Many famous authors have won a Pulitzer Prize, some even more than once. It is interesting to note however, that only one United States President has ever received the award. That president was John F. Kennedy who won the award in the History category in 1957 for his work entitled Profiles in Courage (1956 Harper). Unfortunately there is still to this day as much controversy surrounding the question of - did Kennedy really write the book himself, or was it ghostwritten for him, as there is to the question of was there a second shooter on the grassy knoll?
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