Pulitzer Prize
noun
Pu·lit·zer Prize
ˈpu̇-lət-sər- 
ˈpyü-
: any of various annual prizes (as for outstanding literary or journalistic achievement) established by the will of Joseph Pulitzer
called also Pulitzer
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Emmy winners Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach will lead Dog Day Afternoon, a stage adaptation from Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Adly Guirgis of the 1975 crime movie.
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Jack Smart, People.com, 4 June 2025
Participants include Hamilton creator, Lin Manuel-Miranda, plus Jonathan Groff, Daveed Diggs, Ariana DeBose, and Leslie Odom, Jr. Hamilton racked up a record 16 Tony Award nominations and 11 wins, including best musical, plus a Grammy Award, Olivier Award, and a Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 3 June 2025
There is no indication that The New York Times’s Pulitzer Prize award has been impacted as the case makes its way through the courts.
—Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 30 May 2025
The show also won the Olivier Award, Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and an unprecedented special citation from the Kennedy Center Honors.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 29 May 2025
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Jack Smart, People.com, 4 June 2025
Participants include Hamilton creator, Lin Manuel-Miranda, plus Jonathan Groff, Daveed Diggs, Ariana DeBose, and Leslie Odom, Jr. Hamilton racked up a record 16 Tony Award nominations and 11 wins, including best musical, plus a Grammy Award, Olivier Award, and a Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 3 June 2025
There is no indication that The New York Times’s Pulitzer Prize award has been impacted as the case makes its way through the courts.
—Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 30 May 2025
The show also won the Olivier Award, Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and an unprecedented special citation from the Kennedy Center Honors.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 29 May 2025
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“Pulitzer Prize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Pulitzer%20Prize. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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