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On April 7, 2008, the winners of the 92nd annual Pulitzer Prize Awards in Journalism, Letters, Drama and music were announced by Columbia University. The recipients, who will each receive a cash prize of $10,000 will be honored at a luncheon to be held on May 29th.
This year's winners in the categories of Letters and Drama are:
Fiction
THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO by Junot Diaz (Riverhead)
Drama
August: Osage County by Tracy Letts
History
WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT by Daniel Walker How (Oxford University Press)
Biography
EDEN'S OUTCASTS by John Matteson (W. W. Norton)
Poetry
TIME AND MATERIALS by Robert Hass (Ecco / HarperCollins)
General Nonfiction
THE YEARS OF EXTERMINATION by Saul Friedlander (HarperCollins)
Music
The Little Match Girl Passion by David Lang (G. Schirmer)
Special Citation
Bob Dylan
The full list of the award winners and nominees can be found on The Pulitzer Prize website: http://www.pulitzer.org.
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The winners of the 91st annual Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism, Letters, Drama, and Music were announced in New York City on April 16th, 2007. Selected by a distinguished board of professors, journalists and editors, the recipients of this prestigious award will be honored at a luncheon held on May 21st at Columbia University, and presented with a $10,000 prize. The winners in the categories of Letters and Drama are:
Fiction
THE ROAD by Cormac McCarthy (Alfred A. Knopf)
Drama
Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire
History
THE RACE BEAT by Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff (Alfred A. Knopf)
Biography
THE MOST FAMOUS MAN IN AMERICA by Debby Applegate (Doubleday)
Poetry
NATIVE GUARD by Natasha Trethewey (Houghton Mifflin)
General Nonfiction
THE LOOMING TOWER by Lawrence Wright (Alfred A. Knopf)
A special citation was also given to Ray Bradbury, for his distinguished and influential career as an author of science fiction and fantasy.
The full list of the award winners and nominees, including those for journalism and music, can be found on The Pulitzer Prize website: http://www.pulitzer.org.
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