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5 days ago · Pulitzer Prize, any of a series of annual prizes awarded by Columbia University, New York City, for outstanding public service and achievement in American journalism, letters, and music. The prizes are highly esteemed and have been awarded each May since 1917.
An original and compelling history, spanning five centuries, of the island that became an obsession for many presidents and policy makers, transforming how we think about the U.S. in Latin America, and Cuba in American society.
The Pulitzer Prize Board generally selects the Pulitzer Prize Winners from the three nominated finalists in each category. The names of nominated finalists have been announced only since 1980. Work that has been submitted for Prize consideration but not chosen as either a nominated finalist or a winner is termed an entry or submission.
Pulitzer Prize for History winners, 2020-2023; Year Author Title Result Ref. 2020: W. Caleb McDaniel: Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America: Winner Greg Grandin: The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America: Finalist Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
List of current and past Pulitzer categories in Journalism, Books, Drama and Music. Includes years each category has existed.
In writing his 1904 will, which made provision for the establishment of the Pulitzer Prizes as an incentive to excellence, Pulitzer specified solely four awards in journalism, four in books and drama, one for education, and five traveling scholarships.
