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Pulitzer Prize Winners 2024 List Category-wise

On May 7, 2024, Columbia University in the United States announced the highly anticipated recipients of the esteemed Pulitzer Prizes. These accolades, renowned for their distinction in journalism and the arts, were bestowed upon individuals and works deemed exceptional by the Pulitzer Prize Board. The laureates will receive official acknowledgement at a forthcoming ceremony, graced by the presence of Columbia University’s president. Read this article to know the Pulitzer Prize Winners 2024 List Category-wise.

What is Pulitzer Prize?

Joseph Pulitzer, a newspaper magnate, established the Pulitzer Prize in 1904, aiming to incentivize excellence in journalism, arts, and culture. Endowing funds for its foundation, he entrusted the Faculty of Journalism at Columbia University with the administration of the prizes. Since its inception in 1917, the Pulitzer Prizes have been a hallmark of distinction, annually celebrating exceptional accomplishments in these domains.

Pulitzer Prize Winners 2024 List Category-wise

Journalism

Category Winners
Public Service ProPublica, for the work of Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott, Brett Murphy, Alex Mierjeski, and Kirsten Berg
Breaking News Reporting Staff of Lookout Santa Cruz, California
Investigative Reporting Hannah Dreier of The New York Times
Explanatory Reporting Sarah Stillman of The New Yorker
Local Reporting Sarah Conway of City Bureau and Trina Reynolds-Tyler of the Invisible Institute
National Reporting Staff of Reuters
International Reporting Staff of The New York Times
Feature Writing Katie Engelhart, contributing writer, The New York Times
Commentary Vladimir Kara-Murza, contributor, The Washington Post
Criticism Justin Chang of the Los Angeles Times
Editorial Writing David E. Hoffman of The Washington Post
Illustrated Reporting Medar de la Cruz, contributor, The New Yorker
Breaking News Photography Photography Staff of Reuters
Feature Photography Photography Staff of Associated Press

Books, Drama and Music

Category Winners
Fiction “Night Watch” by Jayne Anne Phillips (Knopf)
Drama “Primary Trust” by Eboni Booth
History “No Right to an Honest Living” by Jacqueline Jones (Basic Books)
Biography “King: A Life” by Jonathan Eig (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Memoir/Autobiography “Liliana’s Invincible Summer” by Cristina Rivera Garza (Hogarth)
Poetry “Tripas: Poems” by Brandon Som (Georgia Review Books)
General Nonfiction “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama” by Nathan Thrall (Metropolitan Books)
Music “Adagio (For Wadada Leo Smith)” by Tyshawn Sorey

Special Citations

  • Greg Tate: A special citation for the late writer and critic Greg Tate, whose language – cribbed from literature, academia, popular culture, and hip-hop – was as influential as the content of his ideas. His aesthetic, innovations, and intellectual originality, particularly in his pioneering hip-hop criticism, continue to influence subsequent generations, especially writers and critics of color.
  • Journalists and Media Workers Covering the War in Gaza: In recent years, the Pulitzer Board has issued citations honoring journalists covering wars in Ukraine and Afghanistan. This year, the Board recognizes the courageous work of journalists and media workers covering the war in Gaza. Under horrific conditions, an extraordinary number of journalists have died in the effort to tell the stories of Palestinians and others in Gaza. This war has also claimed the lives of poets and writers among the casualties. As the Pulitzer Prizes honor categories of journalism, arts, and letters, we mark the loss of invaluable records of the human experience.

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Pulitzer Prize Winners 2024 FAQs

Who won the Pulitzer for fiction in 2024?

University of Iowa alumna Jayne Anne Phillips has won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and three other Iowa graduates were named finalists for Pulitzer literary awards.

Who was the first Indian to win a Pulitzer Prize?

The first Indian to win a Pulitzer Prize was Gobind Behari Lal, a journalist in the year 1937. Jhumpa Lahiri, Geeta Anand, Siddhartha Mukherjee have also won Pulitzer awards for a novel, journalism, Biography in medicine.

Which Indian author won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?

Jhumpa Lahiri: Bridging Cultures through Narrative

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