The School of Journalism at Columbia University has awarded the Pulitzer Prize since 1917. Nowadays there are prizes in 21 categories from the fields of journal

This supplement volume documents the complete history of the development of the awards in the category drama. The presentation is mainly based on primary source

Joseph Pulitzer had not originally intended to award a prize for poetry. An initiative by the Poetry Society of America provided the initial impetus to establis

Volume 20 of the series describes the development of the award for Biographies and Autobiographies from 1917 through 2006. In addition, the complete jury report

The Pulitzer Prize for the most significant book on American history has been awarded each year since 1917, and is thus among the most traditional of the honour