Encyclopedia > Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography
The Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography has been presented since 1917 for a distinguished biography or autobiography by an American author. The gold medal awarded for Public Service in Journalism The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical compositions. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...
1917:Julia Ward Howe by Laura E. Richards and Maude Howe Elliott, assisted by Florence Howe Hall
1958:George Washington, Volumes I-VI by Douglas Southall Freeman, and Volume VII, written by John Alexander Carroll and Mary Wells Ashworth after Dr. Freeman's death in 1953
1959:Woodrow Wilson, American Prophet by Arthur Walworth
Biography (from the Greek words bios meaning life, and graphein meaning write) is a genre of literature and other forms of media like film, based on the written accounts of individual lives.
While a biography may focus on a subject of fiction or non-fiction, the term is usually in reference to non-fiction.
One significant example of biography from this period which does not exactly fit into that mold is the life of Charlemagne as written by his courtier Einhard.
Recipients of the award are chosen by an independent board and officially administered by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in the United States.
The prize was established by Joseph Pulitzer, a Hungarian-American journalist and newspaper publisher in the late 19th century.
Biography or Autobiography - For a distinguished biography or autobiography by an American author.
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