“The Pulitzer Prize was the brainchild of Hungarian-American newspaper magnate Joseph Pulitzer, who bequeathed several million dollars to Columbia University to administer the award. In 1917, Columbia University trustees ushered in the start of what is now considered one of the most prestigious national honors.
The Pulitzer Prize board receives more than 2,400 submissions annually. From this vast pool, Pulitzer judges select just 14 prize winners in the field of journalism, five total prize winners in letters, and one prize winner each in drama and music. The category winners are honored each spring at Columbia University’s New York City campus.” http://www.pulitzer.org/event/100-years-pulitzers-celebrating-our-humanity
The Nebraska Library Commission Book Club Collection has 24 Pulitzer winning titles in the collection, something from almost every decade. Here they are below listed by their award year. Perhaps it’s time for your group to select one of these titles to celebrate this important literary anniversary? Click on the title below to initiate a request. 1921 Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton, 24 copies 1923 One of Ours by Willa Cather, 9 copies 1932 The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck, 4 copies, (also 1 Large-Print copy) 1940 The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, 18 copies 1947 All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren, 20 copies 1949 Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, 17 copies 1953 The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, 17 copies 1961 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, 23 copies, (also 1 Video (DVD) copy) 1972 Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner, 21 copies 1983 The Color Purple by Alice Walker, 14 copies 1988 Beloved by Toni Morrison, 15 copies 1992 A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley, 9 copies 1994 The Shipping News by Annie Proulx, 7 copies 1997 Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt, 13 copies, (also 2 Large-Print copies) 1999 The Hours by Michael Cunningham, 19 copies 2002 Empire Falls by Richard Russo, 13 copies, (also 1 Audio Cassette copy) 2004 The Known World by Edward P. Jones, 8 copies 2005 Gilead by Maryilynne Robinson, 17 copies 2006 March by Geraldine Brooks, 9 copies, (also 1 Audio CD copy) 2007 The Road by Cormac McCarthy, 18 copies 2009 Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout, 6 copies 2010 Tinkers by Paul Harding, 3 copies 2014 The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, 4 copies 2015 All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 15 copies 2015 The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert, 1 copy
