Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

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Pulitzer Prize literary award

The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction is a prestigious American literary award given annually to an outstanding work of fiction by a U.S. author.

Aliases (4)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Pulitzer Prize → literary award →
administeredBy	Pulitzer Prize Board →
awardedFor	outstanding work of fiction by a U.S. author →
awardLocation	New York City →
categoryType	American fiction →
country	United States →
currentNameUsedFrom	1948 →
eligibility	U.S. authors →
field	fiction →
firstAwarded	1918 →
firstWinner	Ernest Poole →
firstWinningWork	His Family →
formerName	Pulitzer Prize for the Novel →
formerNameUsedFrom	1918 →
formerNameUsedUntil	1947 →
frequency	annual →
hasAwardComponent	cash prize → certificate → public recognition →
hasGenreFocus	literary fiction →
inception	1918 →
languageRequirement	English →
mediaType	book →
namedAfter	Joseph Pulitzer →
notableMultipleWinner	Booth Tarkington → John Updike → William Faulkner →
originalLanguageRequirement	originally written in English →
partOf	Pulitzer Prizes →
presentedBy	Columbia University →
prestige	one of the most prestigious American literary awards →
relatedAward	Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography → Pulitzer Prize for Drama → Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction → Pulitzer Prize for History → Pulitzer Prize for Poetry →
requiresPublicationIn	United States →
selectionBody	Pulitzer Prize Board → Pulitzer Prize jury for fiction →
selectionMethod	jury recommendation and board decision →
sponsor	endowment of Joseph Pulitzer →
typicalAnnouncementMonth	April →
typicalEligibilityPeriod	calendar year preceding the award →
website	https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/219 →
workType	novel → novella → short story collection →

Referenced by (49)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
A Visit from the Goon Squad → Alice Walker → Beloved → Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison → Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison → Cormac McCarthy → Donna Tartt → Edith Wharton → Ernest Hemingway → Eudora Welty → Harper Lee → Interpreter of Maladies → James A. Michener → Jennifer Egan → Jhumpa Lahiri → Jhumpa Lahiri → John Steinbeck → Margaret Mitchell → Nilanjana Sudeshna Lahiri → Norman Mailer → Norman Mailer → Philip Roth → Raymond Carver ("Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist") → The Color Purple (novel) → The Executioner’s Song → The Goldfinch → Thornton Wilder ("Pulitzer Prize for the Novel") → Toni Morrison → Upton Sinclair ("Pulitzer Prize for the Novel") → Willa Cather ("Pulitzer Prize for the Novel") → Willa Cather → William Faulkner →	awardReceived
One of Ours ("Pulitzer Prize for the Novel") → The Grapes of Wrath → The Old Man and the Sea → To Kill a Mockingbird →	awarded
For Whom the Bell Tolls → Frederick Buechner → Jonathan Franzen → Joyce Carol Oates →	nominatedFor
Pulitzer Prize winners →	associatedWith
Pulitzer Prize Board →	awardTypeOverseen
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ("Pulitzer Prize for the Novel") →	formerName
Pulitzer Prize for Letters, Drama, and Music →	hasComponent
Pulitzer Prize →	hasPart
Pulitzer Prize for Letters, Drama, and Music →	hasSubcategory
Harper Lee ("1961 (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)") →	notableAwardYear
Toni Morrison bibliography →	relatedToAward
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ("Pulitzer Prize jury for fiction") →	selectionBody