Historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. was born the year the first Pulitzers were awarded and won his second prize during their 50th anniversary. He spoke at a gala that year about the rebirth of his discipline.
The craving for immediacy and spiritual diversion in the ’60s started a Pulitzer-winning poet on his way.
In a tumultuous decade Pulitzer Prize jurors in Poetry found some new gems but also clung to convention.
Less than a year before the first Earth Day, a venerable correspondent ruminates on the looming ecological crisis.
A father’s stories of Pulitzer glory inspire a son’s mission to chronicle 100 years of Public Service Prizes.
The 2016 Pulitzer Prize winners were announced at 3pm eastern time, April 18th. Winning stories, photographs and cartoons, along with bios and photos of all the winners are here.
Some of the details may sound quaint today, but the story conveys the chilling disregard for human life that set the tone for the century to come.
