2019 Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States.
It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of American (Hungarian-born) Joseph Pulitzer who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher, and is administered by Columbia University in New York City
Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one categories.
In twenty of the categories, each winner receives a certificate and a US$15,000 cash award (raised from $10,000 in 2017)
The winner in the public service category of the journalism competition is awarded a gold medal
Public service Staff of the South Florida Sun Sentinel
Criticism Carlos Lozada of The Washington Post
Editorial writing Brent Staples of the New York Times
Fiction “The Overstory” by Richard Powers
Drama “Fairview” by Jackie Sibblies Drury
History “Frederick Douglass” by David W. Blight
Biography or autobiography “The New Negro” by Jeffrey C. Stewart
Poetry “Be With” by Forrest Gander
General nonfiction “Amity and Prosperity” by Eliza Griswold
Music “p r i s m” by Ellen Reid
Special Citation Aretha Franklin
The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States.
It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of American (Hungarian-born) Joseph Pulitzer who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher, and is administered by Columbia University in New York City
Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one categories.
In twenty of the categories, each winner receives a certificate and a US$15,000 cash award (raised from $10,000 in 2017)
The winner in the public service category of the journalism competition is awarded a gold medal
Public service Staff of the South Florida Sun Sentinel
Criticism Carlos Lozada of The Washington Post
Editorial writing Brent Staples of the New York Times
Fiction “The Overstory” by Richard Powers
Drama “Fairview” by Jackie Sibblies Drury
History “Frederick Douglass” by David W. Blight
Biography or autobiography “The New Negro” by Jeffrey C. Stewart
Poetry “Be With” by Forrest Gander
General nonfiction “Amity and Prosperity” by Eliza Griswold
Music “p r i s m” by Ellen Reid
Special Citation Aretha Franklin
