Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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American award literary award

The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry is a prestigious American literary award presented annually to honor an outstanding book of original verse by a U.S. author.

Aliases (1)

Pulitzer Prize for Verse ×1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American award → literary award →
administeredBy	Pulitzer Prize Board →
awardCeremonyHeldIn	spring →
awardFor	outstanding book of original verse →
awardLocation	New York City →
country	United States →
eligibility	U.S. authors →
field	literature → poetry →
firstAwarded	1922 →
firstWinner	Edwin Arlington Robinson →
firstWinningWork	Collected Poems by Edwin Arlington Robinson →
formerName	Pulitzer Prize for Verse →
formerNameUsedInYears	1922–1923 →
frequency	annual →
genre	poetry →
hasCategory	American poetry awards → Awards established in 1922 → Pulitzer Prizes by category →
hasNotableMultipleWinner	Edwin Arlington Robinson → Robert Frost → Robert Lowell →
inception	1922 →
isConsidered	one of the most prestigious poetry awards in the United States →
language	English →
mediaType	printed book →
namedAfter	Joseph Pulitzer →
nominations	submitted by publishers →
notableWinner	Elizabeth Bishop → Gwendolyn Brooks → Louise Glück → Mary Oliver → Robert Frost → Sylvia Plath → Tracy K. Smith → Wallace Stevens →
partOf	Pulitzer Prizes →
presentedBy	Columbia University →
restriction	works first published in the United States →
selectionCriteria	distinguished volume of original verse by an American author →
selectionProcess	winners chosen by the Pulitzer Prize Board →
sponsor	endowment of Joseph Pulitzer →
typicalFormatOfWork	book-length collection of poems →
website	https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/219 →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Anne Sexton → Archibald MacLeish → Carl Sandburg → Gary Snyder → Gwendolyn Brooks → Robert Frost → Robert Lowell → Sharon Olds → Sylvia Plath → W. H. Auden →	awardReceived
Pulitzer Prize winners →	associatedWith
Pulitzer Prize Board →	awardTypeOverseen
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry ("Pulitzer Prize for Verse") →	formerName
Pulitzer Prize for Letters, Drama, and Music →	hasComponent
Pulitzer Prize →	hasPart
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction →	relatedAward