Pulitzer

[ pool-it-ser, pyoo-lit- ]

noun

1. Joseph, 1847–1911, U.S. journalist and publisher, born in Hungary.

Pulitzer

/ ˈpʊlɪtsə /

noun

1. PulitzerJoseph18471911MUSHungarianWRITING: newspaper proprietor Joseph. 1847–1911, US newspaper publisher, born in Hungary. He established the Pulitzer prizes

Example Sentences

There had been rumours for months that Lamar, who has won multiple Grammys and the Pulitzer Prize for Music, was working on a new project.

From BBC

Greene won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing in 2021 for his writing about criminal justice reform.

From Los Angeles Times

“Just allowing them to exist and allowing them to flow through me,” the Pulitzer Prize winner said.

From Los Angeles Times

I think he won the Pulitzer for that.

From Los Angeles Times

The final play on my itinerary was “Good Bones,” by Ijames, a playwright I’ve been eager to get to know better after “Fat Ham,” his brilliantly hilarious Pulitzer Prize-winning riff on “Hamlet.”

From Los Angeles Times

More About Pulitzer

What is a Pulitzer?

Pulitzer is a short name for the Pulitzer Prize, one of the annual prizes awarded for excellence in journalism, photojournalism, fiction and nonfiction books, drama, poetry, and music. Along with writers and artists, some prizes are also awarded to news publications. They are primarily awarded to U.S. citizens and U.S.-based publications.

Winning a Pulitzer is widely considered one of the most prestigious honors in these fields, especially for U.S. journalism.

How is Pulitzer pronounced?

The correct pronunciation of Pulitzer is PULL-it-sur (not PYOOL-it-sur).

When is the Pulitzer awarded?

The 2021 Pulitzer Prize winners will be announced on June 11, 2021.

The Pulitzer Prizes are most commonly announced in late May.

More information and context on the Pulitzer

The Pulitzer Prizes were established through the 1904 will of Joseph Pulitzer, an influential Hungarian American journalist and publisher in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The prizes were first awarded in 1917.

Finalists and winners are chosen by the Pulitzer Prize Board and the announcement of the awards is administered by Columbia University. Judges on the prize committee include writers, editors, and publishers.

Though it is awarded in some of the same fields, the Nobel Prize is not affiliated with the Pulitzer Prize.

What are some terms that often get used in discussing the Pulitzer?

• Pulitzer Prize
• journalism
• investigative
• reporting
• photography
• commentary
• criticism
• cartoon
• book
• fiction
• nonfiction
• history
• biography
• drama
• poetry
• music

How is the Pulitzer discussed in real life?

The Pulitzer Prize is commonly called the Pulitzer for short. It is considered a highly prestigious award, especially in the field of U.S. journalism.

When I read @nhannahjones commentary kicking off @nytimes 1619 Project – marking 400 years since the first enslaved African arrived on American shores – I thought it was one of the best things I’d ever read about slavery. Today she won a Pulitzer for it. https://t.co/vy8D55l1jj

— Ali Velshi (@AliVelshi) May 4, 2020

Backstory of the Phila. police official charged with assault for allegedly beating protestors: in 2014, he supervised officers so bad that @PhillyDailyNews won a Pulitzer for exposing them.

Bologna's still a supervisor, now one rank above captain.https://t.co/0KWUWB9qIH

— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) June 6, 2020

Make sure to read the amazing work of ⁦@mschwirtz⁩ ⁦@ddknyt⁩ ⁦@dionnesearcey⁩ and the rest of our international team who won the Pulitzer for their groundbreaking reporting on Russia's international reach. https://t.co/PalzNEeDtk

— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) May 5, 2020

 

 

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True or False?

The Pulitzer is awarded only to journalists.