The prestigious Pulitzer Prizes for achievements in journalism, literature and musical composition were announced on April 10, 2017. This is the 101st edition of Pulitzer Prizes.
- A speculative history novel “The Underground Railroad” written by Colson Whitehead has won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction.
‘The Underground Railroad’ by Colson Whitehead
The plot of ‘The Underground Railroad’ is set in 1850s Georgia and revolves around the journey of a teenage girl who escapes from slavery through a fictional railroad.
- The Novel was published in August 2016 and became an instant bestseller. It won the 2016 National Book Award for Fiction (US) in November 2016. It got a lot of positive
reviews, not just from media houses but also from celebrities like Oprah Winfrey and Barak Obama. - Doubleday, publisher of ‘The Underground Railroad’ has revealed that 825000 copies have already been sold in US.
- As per Pulitzer Prize Committee, ‘The Underground Railroad’ is a “smart melding of realism and allegory that combines the violence of slavery and the drama of escape in a myth that speaks to contemporary America.”
- Colson Whitehead is an American writer. His debut novel was ‘The Intuitionist’ published in 1999. John Henry Days, Apex Hides the Hurt, Sag Harbor and Zone One are other novels written by Colson Whitehead.
reviews, not just from media houses but also from celebrities like Oprah Winfrey and Barak Obama.Other Winners of 2017 Pulitzer Prize:
| Category | Winners |
| Drama | Sweat, by Lynn Nottage |
| Poetry | Olio, by Tyehimba Jess |
| History | Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy, by Heather Ann Thompson |
| General Nonfiction | Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, by Matthew Desmond |
| Biography or Autobiography | The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between, by Hisham Matar |
| Music | Angel’s Bone, by Du Yun |
Pulitzer Prize for journalism in various categories has been awarded to teams and individual staff members of various US based newspapers. The coveted Pulitzer Prize in Public Service category went to New York Daily News and ProPublica.
Journalism
| Category | Winners |
| Breaking News Reporting | Staff of East Bay Times, Oakland, CA |
| Investigative Reporting | Eric Eyre of Charleston Gazette-Mail, Charleston, WV |
| Explanatory Reporting | International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, McClatchy and Miami Herald |
| Local Reporting | The Salt Lake Tribune Staff |
| National Reporting | David A. Fahrenthold of The Washington Post |
| International Reporting | The New York Times Staff |
| Feature Writing | C. J. Chivers of The New York Times |
| Commentary | Peggy Noonan of The Wall Street Journal |
| Criticism | Hilton Als of The New Yorker |
| Editorial Writing | Art Cullen of The Storm Lake Times, Storm Lake, IA |
| Editorial Cartooning | Jim Morin of Miami Herald |
| Breaking News Photography | Daniel Berehulak, freelance photographer |
| Feature Photography | E. Jason Wambsgans of Chicago Tribune |
Quick Facts about Pulitzer Prize:
- Awarded For: Outstanding achievements in journalism, literature and musical composition
- First Awarded in: 1917, by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, a Hungarian-American newspaper publisher
- Administered By: Columbia University
- Prize: Gold Medal for the winner in Public Service Category of Journalism. All other winners receive Certificate and $15000 Cash Prize
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