Pulitzer Prize

Arts and CultureMbali Sikakana | 2019-08-16 00:00:00

When I was a precocious, somewhat mercurial child, my mother was a devout follower of The Oprah Winfrey Show. Her curiosity and wanderlust...

Prolific American author Philip Roth dies at 85

BooksArielle Schwartz, Agencies | 2018-05-23 10:51:00

Philip Roth, a prominent and prolific American author, passed away at the age of 85 on Tuesday night from congestive heart failure.

#MeToo-era Pulitzers give Trump one on the nose

Arts and CultureSarah Smit | 2018-04-20 00:00:00

This year the Pulitzer juries responded to the zeitgeist of the Donald Trump era, awarding prizes to works that appraise perhaps the most notable...

Pulitzer Prize recognises journalism that unmasked sexual harassers

WorldSarah Smit | 2018-04-17 09:30:00

The New York Times and The New Yorker have won the Pulitzer Prize for public service after exposing sexual harassment in...

Kendrick Lamar, the first rapper to win a Pulitzer

Arts and CultureSarah Smit | 2018-04-17 07:36:00

The platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated rapper won the award for his 2017 album DAMN, which the award panel describes as “a virtuosic...

Pulitzer prize for fiction goes to 'The Goldfinch'

BooksAlison Flood | 2014-04-15 19:32:00

Donna Tartt has won the Pulitzer award for fiction for her third novel The Goldfinch, which judges described as a book which "stimulates the mind and touches the heart"....

Pulitzer Prizes award journalists in hard-hit media industry

WorldAtossa Araxia Abrahamian | 2013-04-16 06:24:00

The Sun Sentinel of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for Public Service on Monday for its investigation of...

Hossaini's 'Heartbreak' wins 2012 Pulitzer

WorldStaff Reporter | 2012-04-18 11:08:00

Afghan photographer Massoud Hossaini of Agence France-Presse (AFP) was awarded a Pulitzer Prize, the most prestigious US journalism prize, in the...

Small publications sweep up Pulitzer Prizes

BooksPaul Thomasch, Jennifer Saba | 2012-04-17 14:21:00

A central Pennsylvania newspaper, The Patriot-News, took home a Pulitzer Prize...

Celebrated scribe of suburbia, John Updike, dies

OpinionStaff Reporter | 2009-01-28 13:11:00

John Updike, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, prolific man of letters and erudite chronicler of sex, divorce and other adventures in the...

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