The Pulitzer Prize is a prestigious award recognizing excellence in journalism, literature, and musical composition. Administered annually by Columbia University since 1917, the literature awards honor books written by an American author in seven areas including: Fiction, History, Biography, Memoir or Autobiography, and general nonfiction.
Here are the Pulitzer Prize finalists and winners (in bold) in the TBP collection.
Fiction
ANGEL DOWN by Daniel Kraus (DB 131910, LB 0009116)
AUDITION by Katie Kitamura (DB 128873)
STAG DANCE by Torrey Peters (DB 128449)
History
KING OF KINGS: THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION: A STORY OF HUBRIS, DELUSION, AND CATASTROPHIC MISCALCULATION by Scott Anderson (DB 131982)
WE THE PEOPLE: A HISTORY OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION by Jill Lepore (DB 133309)
Biography
PRIDE AND PLEASURE: THE SCHUYLER SISTERS IN AN AGE OF REVOLUTION by Amanda Vaill (DB 133023)
Memoir or Autobiography
BIBLIOPHOBIA by Sarah Chihaya (DB 128936)
CLAM DOWN by Anelise Chen (DB 130248)
I’LL TELL YOU WHEN I’M HOME by Hala Alyan (DB 132033)
THINGS IN NATURE MERELY GROW by Yiyun Li (DB 130140)
General Nonfiction
FLOWER TRAVELED IN MY BLOOD: THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY OF THE GRANDMOTHERS WHO FOUGHT TO FIND A STOLEN GENERATION OF CHILDREN by Haley Cohen Gilliland (DB 132040)
MOTHER EMANUEL: TWO CENTURIES OF RACE, RESISTANCE, AND FORGIVENESS IN ONE CHARLESTON CHURCH by Kevin Sack (DB 130279)
THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US: WORKING AND HOMELESS IN AMERICA by Brian Goldstone (DB 128877)
The Pulitzer Prizes, which are administered at Columbia University, were established by Joseph Pulitzer, a Hungarian American journalist and newspaper publisher who left money to the university upon his death. A portion of his bequest was used to establish the Pulitzer Prize as an incentive to excellence, and the first awards were given in 1917. Joseph Pulitzer specified solely four awards in journalism, four in books and drama, one for education, and five traveling scholarships. Since then, the Pulitzer Prize board has increased the number of awards to 23 and introduced poetry, music, photography, memoir, and audio journalism as subjects.
Below are the 2025 finalists and winners in the TBP collection under the category of Letters and Drama Prizes. The winners were announced on May 5.
The Pulitzer Prizes, administered at Columbia University, were established by Joseph Pulitzer, a Hungarian-American journalist and newspaper publisher who left money to Columbia upon his death. A portion of his bequest was used to establish the Pulitzer Prize as an incentive to excellence. First awarded in 1917, Pulitzer specified solely four awards in journalism, four in books and drama, one for education, and five traveling scholarships. Since then, the Pulitzer Prize Board has increased the number of awards to 23 and introduced poetry, music, photography, memoir, and audio journalism as subjects. Below are the 2024 finalists and winners in the TBP collection under the category of Letters and Drama Prizes. The winners were announced on May 6.
