2016 Pulitzer Prizes
Awards
2016 Pulitzer Prizes
The 100th annual Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism, Letters, Drama and Music, awarded on the recommendation of the Pulitzer Prize Board, were announced on April 18, 2016.
The full list of the award winners and nominees, including those for journalism and music, can be found on The Pulitzer Prize website: http://www.pulitzer.org
The 2016 Pulitzer Prize winners in the categories of Letters and Drama are:
Fiction
THE SYMPATHIZER by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Grove Press)
Drama
HAMILTON by Lin-Manuel Miranda
History
CUSTER'S TRIALS: A Life on the Frontier of a New America, by T.J. Stiles (Alfred A. Knopf)
Biography
BARBARIAN DAYS: A Surfing Life, by William Finnegan (Penguin Press)
Poetry
OZONE JOURNAL by Peter Balakian (University of Chicago Press)
General Nonfiction
BLACK FLAGS: The Rise of ISIS, by Joby Warrick (Doubleday)