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Guardian and Washington Post win Pulitzer prize for NSA revelations Guardian and Washington Post win Pulitzer prize for NSA revelations. The Guardian and the Washington Post have been awarded the highest accolade in US journalism, winning the Pulitzer prize for public service for their groundbreaking articles on the National Security Agency’s surveillance activities based on the leaks of Edward Snowden.
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- He live Erik Larson, author of the international bestseller Isaac's Storm, was nominated for a National Book Award for The Devil in the White City, which also won an Edgar Award for fact-crime writing.
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Guys and Dolls Guys and Dolls was selected as the winner of the 1951 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. However, because of writer Abe Burrows ' troubles with the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), the Trustees of Columbia University vetoed the selection, and no Pulitzer for Drama was awarded that year.
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- The 1999 Newbery Medal winner is Holes by Louis Sachar (Farrar Straus Giroux). Sachar's Holes tells the story of Stanley Yelnats.edal Winner. The 1999 Newbery Medal winner is Holes by Louis Sachar (Farrar Straus Giroux). Sachar's Holes tells the story of Stanley Yelnats. The heir to his family's curse of bad luck, Stanley is convicted of a crime he didn't commit.
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Slavery in the United States Douglas A. Blackmon is an American writer and a Pulitzer Prize winner. He won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction for Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II.
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Pulitzer Prize for History Chapter & Verse Donna Tartt's 'The Goldfinch' – a novel that has charmed critics and readers alike – wins the 2014 Pulitzer Prize.
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- In 1979, the founders of Coalition for the Homeless brought a class-action lawsuit, Callahan v. Carey, against the City and State of New York. The case, which was brought on behalf of homeless men, argued that a constitutional right to shelter existed in New York.
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Violinist Bell wins $75,000 Fisher Prize Violinist Bell wins $75,000 Fisher Prize. Story Highlights. NEW YORK (CNN) -- However up and down the temperatures may be, it's springtime for violinist Joshua Bell. On Tuesday, Glenn Close will hand him the Avery Fisher Prize in Lincoln Center's glass-walled Kaplan Penthouse. So demanding is the Avery Fisher Artist Program that that no one has received its prize for three years.
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Who Deserves a Nobel Prize? Jackie Robinson deserved the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1947. Nonviolence Philip Roth deserves the Nobel Prize for Literature
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- Susan L. Parks. Date: Mon, 2002-04-08. *On this date in 2002, Susan-Lori Parks won a Pulitzer Prize for Topdog/Underdog her play on Broadway at the Ambassador Theater. She was the first African American woman in 85 years to win a Pulitzer Prize in a drama category. The play tells the story of two blood brothers named Lincoln and Booth, one a card shark and Abe Lincoln impersonator, the other, a student of the three-card-Monty con game.
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Edwin Arlington Robinson The Edwin Arlington Robinson House in Gardiner, Maine. Robinson's early struggles led many of his poems to have a dark pessimism and his stories to deal with an American dream gone awry.. His eldest brother, Dean Robinson, was a doctor and had become addicted to laudanum while medicating himself for neuralgia.ow for the first time I seem to have something like a favorable opportunity and this winter I shall make a beginning. Edwin Arlington Robinson (December 22, 1869––April 6, 1935) was an American poet and sonnet writer who won three Pulitzer Prizes for his work.
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Colombian President Santos wins Nobel Peace Prize Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his resolute efforts to bring the country's more than 50-year-long civil war to an end. The Nobel committee said the prize should also been seen as a tribute to the Colombian people who, despite great hardships and abuses, have not given up hope of a just peace.
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- Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times/Redux. Annette Gordon-Reed won the Pulitzer Prize for her book, The Hemingses of Monticello. Andrew Johnson, the so-called accidental president, is often cited among America's worst leaders.Annette Gordon-Reed is inclined to agree. In her book Andrew Johnson, she calls attention to the opportunities he missed that might have helped resolve racial inequities that still plague the U.S. today.icole Bengiveno/The New York Times/Redux. Annette Gordon-Reed won the Pulitzer Prize for her book, The Hemingses of Monticello. Andrew Johnson, the so-called accidental president, is often cited among America's worst leaders.
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Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi win 2014 Nobel peace prize Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi win 2014 Nobel peace prize. Pakistani teenager and Indian children’s rights activist beat Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, the Pope and Vladimir Putin to the prestigious prize. • Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi win - as it happened.
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5 Things to Know About Nobel Peace Prize Winner Juan Manuel Santos 5 Things to Know About Nobel Peace Prize Winner Juan Manuel Santos. The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos, for his resolute efforts to bring the country's more than 50-year-long civil war to an end.. The decision was an unexpected one.
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- Sheryl WuDunn is a Chinese American business executive, author, lecturer, and the first Asian American to win a Pulitzer Prize.She won the Pulitzer Prize with her husband Nicholas D. Kristof for her reporting from Beijing about the Tiananmen Square...
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- Goodreads Author. Erik Larson, author of the international bestseller Isaac's Storm, was nominated for a National Book Award for The Devil in the White City, which also won an Edgar Award for fact-crime writing.
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- It http://www.pulitzer.org/. The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by Hungarian-American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City. According to the administrators of the Pulitzer Prize the correct pronunciation of the name should sound like the verb pull, as in Pull it, sir.
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Hilton Humanitarian Prize Hilton Humanitarian Prize. At $2 million, the Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize is the world’s largest humanitarian award and is presented to organizations judged to have made extraordinary contributions to alleviating human suffering. News on the Prize.
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- 1972 - Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. James Arlington Wright, one of the most prolific American poets of the 20th century, was the proud recipient of the Pulitzer Prize. Wright made a debut in the literary world in the year 1956, with 'The Green Wall'.n 1954, James Wright enrolled himself at the University of Washington. Studying under Theodore Roethke, he earned a master's degree and went on to pursue a doctoral degree. In 1957, he made his debut with 'The Green Wall' and was awarded with the Yale Series of Younger Poets Award.
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Toni Morrison Biography Lorain, Ohio. African American writer. Toni Morrison is the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. She is best known for her novels focusing on intimate relationships, especially between men and women. These stories are set against the backdrop of African American culture.
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Clybourne Park As described by the Washington Post, the play applies a modern twist to the issues of race and housing and aspirations for a better life.. Clybourne Park was awarded the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2012 Tony Award for Best Play.rieving parents Bev and Russ are planning to sell their home in the white middle-class Chicago neighborhood of Clybourne Park. They receive a visit from their local clergyman, Jim, as well as their neighbor Karl and his deaf, pregnant wife Betsy.
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Kwame Alexander, Dan Santat win Newbery, Caldecott Medals CHICAGO-Kwame Alexander, author of “The Crossover,” and Dan Santat, illustrator of “The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend,” are the 2015 winners of the John Newbery and Randolph Caldecott Medals, the most prestigious awards in children’s literature.
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Bob Dylan wins Nobel Prize for Literature US singer Bob Dylan has been awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature, becoming the first songwriter to win the prestigious award. The 75-year-old rock legend received the prize for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.
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- — Joy Harjo, author of She Had Some Horses, 2013 American Book Award winner for Crazy Brave: A Memoir. “Richard Vargas is one of the best Chicano poets writing today, a voice for all as he explores the predicaments of the modern world with tenderness and fury.
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Rudy FranciscoPoet American poet who is recognized for having been the 2009 National Underground Poetry Slam Champion. He is also known for having received an NAACP Image Award nomination.