First awarded in 1917, this prize was established newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer (1948-1911) to encourage excellence in various forms of writing, particularly journalism. There are now 21 categories, including best American novel. | ||||||||||||||||
Year | Fiction | History | Biography/ Autobiography | General Non Fiction | ||||||||||||
2007 | Cormac McCarthy | The Race Beat Gene Roberts & | The Most Famous Man in America Debby Applegate | Lawrence Wright | ||||||||||||
2006 | March | Polio | American Prometheus | Imperial Reckoning | ||||||||||||
2005 | Gilead |
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| Ghost Wars | ||||||||||||
2004 | The Known World | A Nation Under Our Feet | Khrushchev | Gulag | ||||||||||||
2003 | Middlesex | An Army at Dawn | Master of the Senate | A Problem From Hell | ||||||||||||
2002 | Empire Falls | The Metaphysical Club | John Adams | Carry Me Home | ||||||||||||
2001 | The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay | Founding Brothers | W.E.B. Du Bois | Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan | ||||||||||||
2000 | Interpreter of Maladies | Freedom From Fear | Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov) | Embracing Defeat | ||||||||||||
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