PULITZER PRIZE for FICTION

The Pulitzer Prizes are annual awards for achievements in American journalism, letters, drama and music. The prizes are awarded by the Pulitzer Prize Board at Columbia University.

This award was redefined from "novels" to "fiction in book form" in 1947.

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FICTION

• 2004 The Known World Edward P. Jones
• 2003 Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides
• 2002 Empire Falls Richard Russo
• 2001 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Michael Chabon
• 2000 Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri
• 1999 The Hours Michael Cunningham
• 1998 American Pastoral Philip Roth
• 1997 Martin Dressler Steven Millhauser
• 1996 Independence Day Richard Ford
• 1995 Stone Diaries Carol Shields
• 1994 Shipping News E. Annie Proulx
• 1993 Good Scent from a Strange Mountain Robert Olen Butler
• 1992 A Thousand Acres Jane Smiley
• 1991 Rabbit at Rest John Updike
• 1990 Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love Oscar Hijuelos
• 1989 Breathing Lessons Anne Tyler
• 1988 Beloved Toni Morrison
• 1987 A Summons to Memphis Peter Taylor
• 1986 Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry
• 1985 Foreign Affairs Alison Lurie
• 1984 Ironweed William Kennedy
• 1983 The Color Purple Alice Walker
• 1982 Rabbit is Rich John Updike
• 1981 Confederacy of Dunces John Kennedy Toole
• 1980 The Executioner's Song Norman Mailer
• 1979 Stories of John Cheever John Cheever
• 1978 Elbow Room James Alan McPherson
• 1977 No Award
• 1976 Humboldt's Gift Saul Bellow
• 1975 Killer Angels Michael Shaara
• 1974 No Award
• 1973 Optimist's Daughter Eudora Welty
• 1972 Angle of Repose Wallace Stegner
• 1971 No Award
• 1970 Collected Stories Jean Stafford
• 1969 House Made of Dawn N. Scott Momaday
• 1968 Confessions of Nat Turner William Styron
• 1967 Fixer Bernard Malamud
• 1966 Collected Htories Katherine Anne Porter
• 1965 Keepers of the House Shirley Ann Grau