Question-In which of the following areas, the prestigious Pulitzer Prize is given?
(1) Journalism
(2) Literature
(3) Music
(4) Acting
(A) Only 1 and 2
(B) Only 2 and 4
(C) Only 1 and 3
(D) 1,2 and 3 all
Ans :(d)
Related facts
- On April 10, 2017, Pulitzer Prize Administrator ‘Mike Pride’ was announced by the Pulitzer Prize of the year 2017 in Columbia University, New York (USA).
- Prizes announced in the year 2017 were given 14 for journalism and 1 each in the category of literature and music, which are as follows:
Journalism - Public Service – ‘New York Daily News’ and ‘ProPublica’
- Breaking News Reporting – Staff at East Bay Times, Oakland, CA
- Investigative Reporting – The Charleston Gazette-Mail’s Eric Eyre
- Explanatory Reporting-The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, McClatchy and the Miami Herald
- Local Reporting – The Salt Lake Tribune Staff
- National Reporting – David A. Fahrenthold of ‘The Washington Post’
- International Reporting – The New York Times Staff
- Feature Writing – C.J.Chivers of The New York Time
- Comment- Peggy Noonan of The Wall Street Journal
- Criticism – Hilton Als of The New Yorker
- Editorial Writing – Art Cullen of The Storm Lake Times, Storm Lake, IA
- Editorial Cartooning – Jim Morin of ‘Miami Herald’
- Breaking news Photography -freelance photographer Daniel Bererhulak
- Feature photography – E. Jason Wambsgans of ‘Chicago Tribune’.
Literature, drama, music - Fiction :The Underground Railroad written by -Colson Whitehead
- Drama: ‘Sweat’ written by Lynn Nottage
- History: Blood in the Water: The Africa Prison Uprising of 1971 and its Legacy by Heather Ann Thompson (Pantheon)
- Biography / Autobiography- ‘The Return: Fathers, Sons, and Land in Between by Hisham Matar ( Random House)
- General Nonfiction – ‘Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond (Crown)
- Music-Angel’s Bone by Du Yun
- No award has been announced under the category of Special Awards and Citation for this year.
Related Links:-
http://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2017
http://www.ebony.com/entertainment-culture/pulitzer-prize-2017#axzz4dyU6iSWO