Herman Wouk, 1980 Herman Wouk was an American author best known for historical fiction such as The Caine Mutiny (1951) which won the Pulitzer Prize, and The Winds of War… […]

John Updike, 1984 John Updike was born on this day, March 18, in 1932. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author published around 60 books including novels, children’s books, and poetry, as well… […]

John Updike, 1984 American novelist, poet, and short-story writer, John Updike died on this day, January 27, in 2009. One of only three writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for… […]

…win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once. He published more than twenty novels, more than a dozen short-story collections, as well as poetry, art and literary criticism and… […]

…to receive four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry. While researching to find the name of this pup, (its name was Wag), I found this very portrait being used to illustrate a… […]

…win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once. He published more than twenty novels, more than a dozen short-story collections, as well as poetry, art and literary criticism and… […]

…any other composer, including a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre), eight Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, a Laurence Olivier Award, and a 2015 Presidential Medal of… […]

…during the Great Depression, the book won the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and it was cited prominently when Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1962…. […]

Gian Carlo Menotti, 1956 Italian-American composer and librettist Gian Carlo Menotti was born on this day, July 7, in 1911. Among his many honors and achievements, he won a Pulitzer… […]

…quarter century. “Pulitzer Prize finalist William Souder explores Steinbeck’s long apprenticeship as a writer struggling through the depths of the Great Depression, and his rise to greatness with masterpieces such… […]

Jimmy Carter, 1981 Pulitzer Prize-winning author Kai Bird’s new book The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter is out now* from Crown/Random House. This portrait is included. From the… […]

…with George (1984), and Into the Woods (1987). Sondheim’s accolades include eight Tony Awards, an Academy Award, eight Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, a Laurence Olivier Award, and a 2015… […]

…Literature. The Pulitzer Prize-winning The Grapes of Wrath (1939) is considered Steinbeck’s masterpiece and part of the American literary canon. In the first 75 years after it was published, it… […]

…Rome Prize, two Pulitzer Prizes, the Henry Hadley Medal, and the Gold Medal for Music at the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. He was elected to the… […]

…Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and The Sound of Music. Their Broadway productions and their film versions received thirty-four Tony Awards, fifteen Academy Awards, and the Pulitzer Prize…. […]

…Literature. The Pulitzer Prize-winning The Grapes of Wrath (1939) is considered Steinbeck’s masterpiece and part of the American literary canon. In the first 75 years after it was published, it… […]

…celebrated composers of the 20th century. Twice the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in Music, Barber wrote compositions such as “Adagio for Strings” that remain in the concert repertoires of… […]