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Jhumpa Lahiri won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for her collection of short stories, Interpreter of Maladies,(Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin). Lahiri was also the recipient of an O.Henry Prize and was included in the anthology Best of Short Fiction for 1999 for the story "A Temporary Matter."
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (Alfred A. Knopf), won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. The Pulitzer Board describes Egan's book as "an inventive investigation of growing up and growing old in the digital age, displaying a big-hearted curiosity about cultural change at warp speed."
2007 Pulitzer Prizes
Books
Fiction: The Road by Cormac McCarthy
History: The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation by Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff
Biography or Autobiography: The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher by Debby Applegate
Poetry: Native Guard by Natasha Trethewey
General Nonfiction: The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright
2008 Pulitzer Prizes
Books
Fiction: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
History: What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 by Daniel Walker Howe
Biography or Autobiography: Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father by John Matteson
Poetry: Time and Materials by Robert Hass
Poetry: Failure by Philip Schultz (Harcourt)
General Nonfiction: The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945 by Saul Friedländer
2007 Pulitzer Prizes
Letters, Drama, and Music
Fiction: The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Drama: Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire
History: The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation by Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff
Biography or Autobiography: The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher by Debby Applegate
Poetry: Native Guard by Natasha Trethewey
General Nonfiction: The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright
Music: Sound Grammar by Ornette Coleman
Special Citations: John Coltrane and Ray Bradbury
Journalism
Public Service: The Wall Street Journal
Breaking News Reporting: Staff of The Oregonian, Portland
Investigative Reporting: Brett Blackledge of The Birmingham News
Explanatory Reporting: Kenneth R. Weiss, Usha Lee McFarling, reporters, and Rick Loomis, photographer, of the Los Angeles Times
Local Reporting: Debbie Cenziper of The Miami Herald
National Reporting: Charlie Savage of The Boston Globe
International Reporting: Staff of The Wall Street Journal
Feature Writing: Andrea Elliott of The New York Times
Commentary: Cynthia Tucker of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Criticism: Jonathan Gold of LA Weekly
Editorial Writing: Arthur Browne, Beverly Weintraub and Heidi Evans of New York Daily News
Editorial Cartooning: Walt Handelsman of Newsday, Long Island, NY
Breaking News Photography: Oded Balilty of Associated Press
Feature Photography: Renée C. Byer of The Sacramento Bee
2008 Pulitzer Prizes
Letters, Drama, and Music
Fiction: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Drama: August: Osage County by Tracy Letts
History: What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 by Daniel Walker Howe
Biography or Autobiography: Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father by John Matteson
Poetry: Time and Materials by Robert Hass
Poetry: Failure by Philip Schultz (Harcourt)
General Nonfiction: The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945 by Saul Friedländer
Music: The Little Match Girl Passion by David Lang
Special Citations
Bob Dylan
Journalism
Public Service: The Washington Post
Breaking News Reporting: Staff of The Washington Post
Investigative Reporting: Walt Bogdanich and Jake Hooker of The New York Times and the staff of Chicago Tribune.
Explanatory Reporting: Amy Harmon of The New York Times
Local Reporting: David Umhoefer of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
National Reporting: Jo Becker and Barton Gellman of The Washington Post
International Reporting: Steve Fainaru of The Washington Post
Feature Writing: Gene Weingarten of The Washington Post
Commentary: Steven Pearlstein of The Washington Post
Criticism: Mark Feeney of The Boston Globe
Editorial Writing: No award
Editorial Cartooning: Michael Ramirez of Investor's Business Daily
Breaking News Photography: Adrees Latif of Reuters
Feature Photography: Preston Gannaway of Concord Monitor
The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2007 was awarded to "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy, and in 2008 it was awarded to "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" by Junot Díaz.
Richard Russo won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for his novel, Empire Falls (Alfred A. Knopf).
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Sagan authored more than 20 books about space and the universe. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his work.
What novel won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize?
The Pulitzer Prize Board changed the "Novel" category to "Fiction" in 1948.The winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for fiction was The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (Riverhead Books).
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What Cormac McCarthy novel won a Pulitzer Prize?
"The Road" by Cormac McCarthy won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2007.
Who won the Pulitzer Prize in the 1870s?
No one. The Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in 1917.
What 1940s Pulitzer Prize winning book was made into movie?
Two 1940s-era Pulitzer Prize-winning books became major motion pictures. The first was John Steinbeck's novel, The Grapes of Wrath, which won the 1940 Pulitzer Prize; the second was James Michener's novel, Tales of the South Pacific, which won the 1948 Pulitzer.
Who won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel in 1921?
Edith Wharton won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel "The Age of Innocence" in 1921.
Which novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1988?
Toni Morrison won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for her novel, Beloved.
Who won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction in 1942?
Ellen Glasgow won the 1942 Pulitzer Prize in fiction for her novel, In This Our Life.
Who won a Pulitzer Prize for The Grapes of Wrath?
John Steinbeck won a Pulitzer Prize for his novel, The Grapes of Wrath, in 1940.
What book won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2007?
"The Road" by Cormac McCarthy won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2007.
Who won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1944?
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