The list of winners of the Pulitzer Prize in LiteratureThe Pulitzer Prize in Literature was an award established by the American Press Charity Foundation to recognize individuals and groups that had made outstanding contributions to the American press. The award was established in 1927 and has been awarded for more than 70 years. The following is the list of winners of the Pulitzer Prize in Literature:
1927: John Ronald Ryle Ross, The Chicago Sun-Times
1929: James Thiber, The New Yorker
1931: William Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence
1933: James Ken Robson, The Pittsburgh Post-Mail
1935: Henry James 'Book of the Castle
1937: Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Adventures of Tom sawyer
1939: Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes
1941: James Machen, The Age of Great Voyage
1943: Robert McNamara, On War
1945: Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
1947: Arthur C Clarke, 2001: A Space Oath
1949: John F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy in Minn.
1951: James Thiber, Lady Catherine
1953: Isaac Asimov, Base
1955: John F. Kennedy's Life
1957: Edwin Reid, The Mysterious Island
1959: James Ken Robson, The War of One Man
1961: Theodore Franklin D. Franklin Franklin
1963: John F. Kennedy's Political Speech
1965: Arthur C. Clarke, 2010: A Space Oath
1967: Robert McNamara, Robert McNamara in Myanmar
1969: John F. Kennedy, The Last Battle
1971: Arthur Clarke, Star Trek
1973: Atal Haber Larsen, Our Planet
1975: Robert McNamara, Cold War
1977: James Thiber, Lady Catherine
1979: Sidney Lumet (in Sidney Lumet) Roman holiday
1981: James March, Age of Great Voyage 2: Road to Prosperity
1983: William Somerset Maugham, The Shackles of Humanity
1985: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
1987: Ed Wynn Reid, The Last Story
1989: John F. Kennedy, Conversation: The Life of John F. Kennedy
1991: Arthur Clarke's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1993: Nocturne by James Zerber
1995: William Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence
1997: John F. Kennedy's Political Speech
1999: Artul Haber Larsen, Star Trek: The Next Generation
2001: Ed Wynn Reid, The Mysterious Island
2003: William Somerset Maugham, The Shackles of Humanity
2005: James Thuber, Nocturne
2007: Robert McNamara, Age of Great Voyage: Rise of the Empire
2009: Ed Wynn Reid, The Last Story
2011: Artul Haber Larsen, Star Trek: Endless Darkness
2013: Nocturne by James Zerber
2015: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
2017: John F. Kennedy's Political Speech
2019: Artul Haber Larsen, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
This was the list of winners of the Pulitzer Prize in Literature over the years. It could be seen that the contribution and influence of the award to the American press and the entire literary world was enormous.
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