Pulitzer Prize for History

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The Pulitzer Prize for History is a prestigious American award given annually for distinguished books on the history of the United States.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Pulitzer Prize
literary award
administeredBy Pulitzer Prize Board
awardAnnouncementMonth April
awardCategoryOf Pulitzer Prize
awardedFor distinguished book on the history of the United States
country United States
currency still awarded
eligibility authors of books on American history
field history
firstAwarded 1917
frequency annual
genre nonfiction
hasAwardCategory American history
hasCategoryCode History prize category of the Pulitzer Prizes
hasJury Pulitzer history jury
hasWebsite https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/219
headquarters Columbia University
inception 1917
isOneOf major American literary awards
language English
location New York City
mediaType book
namedAfter Joseph Pulitzer
notableWinner Alan Taylor
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
C. Vann Woodward
David M. Kennedy
David M. Potter
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Gordon S. Wood
James M. McPherson
notableWinningWork Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
The Age of Jackson
The Guns of August
The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
The Radicalism of the American Revolution
partOf Pulitzer Prizes
presentedBy Columbia University
Pulitzer Prize Board
selectionCriteria distinguished and scholarly contribution to American history
selectionMethod jury recommendation and board decision
sponsor Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
topic history of the United States


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