This week, we're reading The Goldfinch, which won the Pulitzer. So, I'm just going to tell you a little bit about the award.
The Pulitzer isn't just awarded for literature. There is also one awarded for newspaper, online journalism and musical composition. There are sub-categories within these categories (for instance, poetry, biography and fiction all fall under the literature umbrella). Inevitably, there are twenty categories, and twenty winners, all of whom win a certificate and $10,000.
The award was started by Joseph Pulitzer (an Hungarian born American), who famously published the St. Louis Post Dispatch and the New York World newspapers. Upon his death, he allocated $250,000 to Columbia University to start a journalism scholarship program and the Pulitzer award, which has continued ever since.
Tennessee Williams, Robert Frost and William Faulkner are just a few of the names that have received this award.
The Pulitzer isn't just awarded for literature. There is also one awarded for newspaper, online journalism and musical composition. There are sub-categories within these categories (for instance, poetry, biography and fiction all fall under the literature umbrella). Inevitably, there are twenty categories, and twenty winners, all of whom win a certificate and $10,000.
The award was started by Joseph Pulitzer (an Hungarian born American), who famously published the St. Louis Post Dispatch and the New York World newspapers. Upon his death, he allocated $250,000 to Columbia University to start a journalism scholarship program and the Pulitzer award, which has continued ever since.
Tennessee Williams, Robert Frost and William Faulkner are just a few of the names that have received this award.
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