1847-1911. US newspaper proprietor, born in
Hungary. He acquired the New York World 1883
and in 1903 founded the school of journalism
at Columbia University, which awards the
annual Pulitzer prizes in journalism and
letters. Pulitzer Prize for fiction (US)
1970 Jean Stafford Collected Stories 1972
Wallace Stegner Angle of Repose 1973 Eudora
Welty The Optimist's Daughter 1975 Michael
Shaara The Killer Angels 1976 Saul Bellow
Humboldt's Gift
1978 James Alan McPherson Elbow Room 1979
John Cheever The Stories of John Cheever 1980
Norman Mailer The Executioner's Song 1981
John Kennedy Toole A Confederacy of Dunces
1982 John Updike Rabbit is Rich
1983 Alice Walker The Color Purple
1984 William Kennedy Ironweed
1985 Alison Lurie Foreign Affairs
1986 Larry McMurtry Lonesome Dove
1987 Peter Taylor A Summons to Memphis 1988
Toni Morrison Beloved
1989 Anne Tyler Breathing Lessons