The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction has been awarded since 1948 for distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life. It replaced the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel. 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. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... No prize was awarded in 1917. ...

• 1948: Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener
• 1949: Guard of Honor by James Gould Cozzens
• 1950: The Way West by A. B. Guthrie, Jr.
• 1951: The Town by Conrad Richter
• 1952: The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
• 1953: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
• 1954: no award given
• 1955: A Fable by William Faulkner
• 1956: Andersonville by MacKinlay Kantor
• 1957: no award given
• 1958: A Death in the Family by James Agee
• 1959: The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters by Robert Lewis Taylor
• 1960: Advise and Consent by Allen Drury
• 1961: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• 1962: The Edge of Sadness by Edwin O'Connor
• 1963: The Reivers by William Faulkner
• 1964: no award given
• 1965: The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau
• 1966: Collected Stories by Katherine Anne Porter
• 1967: The Fixer by Bernard Malamud
• 1968: The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron
• 1969: House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday
• 1970: Collected Stories by Jean Stafford
• 1971: no award given
• 1972: Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
• 1973: The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty
• 1974: no award given ¹
• 1975: The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
• 1976: Humboldt's Gift by Saul Bellow
• 1977: no award given
• 1978: Elbow Room by James Alan McPherson
• 1979: The Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever
• 1980: The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer
• 1981: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
• 1982: Rabbit Is Rich by John Updike
• 1983: The Color Purple by Alice Walker
• 1984: Ironweed by William Kennedy
• 1985: Foreign Affairs by Alison Lurie
• 1986: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
• 1987: A Summons to Memphis by Peter Taylor
• 1988: Beloved by Toni Morrison
• 1989: Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler
• 1990: The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos
• 1991: Rabbit At Rest by John Updike
• 1992: A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
• 1993: A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler
• 1994: The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx
• 1995: The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
• 1996: Independence Day by Richard Ford
• 1997: Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer by Steven Millhauser
• 1998: American Pastoral by Philip Roth
• 1999: The Hours by Michael Cunningham
• 2000: Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
• 2001: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
• 2002: Empire Falls by Richard Russo
• 2003: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
• 2004: The Known World by Edward P. Jones
• 2005: Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

¹ The fiction jury had unanimously recommended the 1974 award to Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow, but the Pulitzer board, which has sole discretion for awarding the prize, made no award. See also: 1947 in literature, other events of 1948, 1949 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Tales of the South Pacific is a collection of Pulitzer Prize winning short stories written by James A. Michener in 1946. ... James Albert Michener (February 3, 1907? - October 16, 1997) was the American author of such books as Tales of the South Pacific (for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1948), Hawaii, The Drifters, Centennial, The Source, The Fires of Spring, Chesapeake, Caribbean, Caravans, Alaska, Texas, and Poland. ... See also: 1948 in literature, other events of 1949, 1950 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Guard of Honor - Pulitzer Prize winning novel by James Gould Cozzens published in 1948. ... James Gould Cozzens (1903 13 August 1903 - 8 August 1978) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning U.S. novelist. ... See also: 1949 in literature, other events of 1950, 1951 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Way West is a 1967 epic western based on the novel by A.B. Guthrie Jr. ... A. B. Guthrie, Jr. ... See also: 1950 in literature, other events of 1951, 1952 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Conrad Michael Richter (October 13, 1890-October 30, 1968) was an award-winning American novelist whose lyrical work focuses on life along the American frontier. ... See also: 1951 in literature, other events of 1952, 1953 in literature, list of years in literature. ... DVD cover The Caine Mutiny is a 1954 movie directed by Edward Dmytryk of the fictional story of a mutiny aboard a World War II US naval vessel, and the subsequent court-martial. ... Herman Wouk (May 27, 1915 —) is a bestselling American author with a number of notable novels to his credit, including The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War, and War and Remembrance. ... See also: 1952 in literature, other events of 1953, 1954 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Original book cover The Old Man and the Sea is a novella by Ernest Hemingway written in Cuba in 1951 and published in 1952. ... Ernest Hemingway, 1950 Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist. ... See also: 1953 in literature, other events of 1954, 1955 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1954 in literature, other events of 1955, 1956 in literature, list of years in literature. ... A Fable was written in 1954 by William Faulkner and won him the Pulitzer Prize. ... William Faulkner photographed 1954 by Carl Van Vechten William Cuthbert Faulkner (September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was a Nobel Prize-winning novelist from Mississippi. ... See also: 1955 in literature, other events of 1956, 1957 in literature, list of years in literature. ... MacKinlay Kantor (1904–1977) was an American novelist and screenwriter who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1956 for his novel Andersonville. ... See also: 1956 in literature, other events of 1957, 1958 in literature, list of years in literature. ... ). Categories: Stub ... A Death in the Family is an autobiographical novel by author James Agee, set in Knoxville, Tennessee. ... James Rufus Agee (November 27, 1909 – May 16, 1955) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, screenwriter, journalist, poet, and film critic. ... See also: 1958 in literature, other events of 1959, 1960 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters was a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel written by Robert Lewis Taylor. ... Robert Lewis Taylor (1912 - ) is an American author, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1959 for his novel The Travels of Jamie McPheeters. ... See also: 1959 in literature, other events of 1960, 1961 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Advise and Consent is a political novel written by Allen Drury and published in 1959. ... Allen Stuart Drury (September 2, 1918 _ September 2, 1998) was a U.S. novelist. ... See also: 1960 in literature, other events of 1961, 1962 in literature, list of years in literature. ... To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1960 novel by Harper Lee, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961. ... Harper Lee (born Nelle Harper Lee on April 28, 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama) is an American novelist, best known for her 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird. ... See also: 1961 in literature, other events of 1962, 1963 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Edge of Sadness is a novel by Edwin OConnor. ... Edwin OConnor (1918 - 1968) was an American journalist and novelist who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1962 for The Edge of Sadness (1961). ... See also: 1962 in literature, other events of 1963, 1964 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Reivers is a 1969 film starring Steve McQueen and Rupert Crosse, directed by Mark Rydell. ... William Faulkner photographed 1954 by Carl Van Vechten William Cuthbert Faulkner (September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was a Nobel Prize-winning novelist from Mississippi. ... See also: 1963 in literature, other events of 1964, 1965 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1964 in literature, other events of 1965, 1966 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Keepers of the House is a 1964 novel by Shirley Ann Grau set in rural Alabama and covering seven generations of the Howland family that lived in the same house and built a community around themselves. ... Shirley Ann Grau (b. ... See also: 1965 in literature, other events of 1966, 1967 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Katherine Ann Porter (15 May 1890 - 18 September 1980) was a celebrated American journalist, essayist, short story writer and novelist. ... See also: 1966 in literature, other events of 1967, 1968 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Fixer is a 1968 film which tells the true story of a Jew, Menahem Mendel Beilis, in Tsarist Russia who is unjustly imprisoned, the notorious Beilis trial that ensued, and the international uproar that it caused, forcing Russia to back down in the face of world indignation. ... Bernard Malamud (April 26, 1914 – March 18, 1986) was an American writer born in Brooklyn, New York to a Jewish family. ... See also: 1967 in literature, other events of 1968, 1969 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Confessions of Nat Turner is a 1967 novel by William Styron. ... William Styron is an American novelist, born in Newport News, Virginia on June 11, 1925. ... See also: 1968 in literature, other events of 1969, 1970 in literature, list of years in literature. ... House Made of Dawn is a novel by N. Scott Momaday. ... N. Scott Momaday - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... See also: 1969 in literature, other events of 1970, 1971 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Jean Stafford (July 1, 1915-March 26, 1979) was an award-winning American short story writer and novelist, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her Collected Short Stories in 1970. ... See also: 1970 in literature, other events of 1971, 1972 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1971 in literature, other events of 1972, 1973 in literature, list of years in literature. ... For the engineering term, see Angle of repose. ... Wallace Earle Stegner (February 18, 1909—April 13, 1993) was an American novelist, short story writer, and environmentalist. ... See also: 1972 in literature, other events of 1973, 1974 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Eudora Welty (April 13, 1909 – July 23, 2001) was born in Jackson, Mississippi and she lived a significant portion of her life in the citys Belhaven neighborhood, where her home has been preserved. ... See also: 1973 in literature, other events of 1974, 1975 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1974 in literature, other events of 1975, 1976 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Killer Angels front cover The Killer Angels (1974) is a historical novel by Michael Shaara that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1975. ... Michael Shaara (June 23, 1928 - May 5, 1988) was a writer of science fiction, sports fiction, and historical fiction. ... See also: 1975 in literature, other events of 1976, 1977 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Humboldts Gift is a 1975 novel by Saul Bellow, which won him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976. ... Bellow as depicted in his Nobel diploma. ... See also: 1976 in literature, other events of 1977, 1978 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1977 in literature, other events of 1978, 1979 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Elbow Room is a 1977 short story collection by American author James Alan McPherson. ... James Alan McPherson (b. ... See also: 1978 in literature, other events of 1979, 1980 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Stories of John Cheever is a short story collection by American author John Cheever. ... John Cheever (May 27, 1912–June 18, 1982) was an American novelist and short story writer, sometimes called the Chekhov of the suburbs. ... See also: 1979 in literature, other events of 1980, 1981 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Executioners Song book cover The Executioners Song is a 1979 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Norman Mailer that depicts the events surrounding the execution of Gary Gilmore by the state of Utah for murder. ... Norman Mailer, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Norman Kingsley Mailer (born January 31, 1923) is an American writer and, along with Truman Capote, is considered an innovator of Creative nonfiction. ... See also: 1980 in literature, other events of 1981, 1982 in literature, list of years in literature. ... A Confederacy of Dunces is a novel written by John Kennedy Toole, but not published during his lifetime. ... John Kennedy Toole (December 17, 1937 – March 26, 1969) was an American novelist, from New Orleans, Louisiana, best known for his novel A Confederacy of Dunces. ... See also: 1981 in literature, other events of 1982, 1983 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Rabbit Is Rich is a novel by John Updike. ... John Updike John Hoyer Updike (born March 18, 1932) is an American writer born in Reading, Pennsylvania. ... See also: 1982 in literature, other events of 1983, 1984 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Color Purple book cover The Color Purple is a 1982 novel by Alice Walker which received the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. ... Alice Walker Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Alice Walker Alice Malsenior Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an African American author and feminist whose most famous novel, The Color Purple, won both the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award. ... See also: 1983 in literature, other events of 1984, 1985 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Ironweed book cover Ironweed is a 1983 novel by William Kennedy. ... William Joseph Kennedy (born January 16, 1928) is an American writer and journalist from Albany, NY, whose novels, many of which feature the interaction of members of the fictional Phelan family, are based in local history and the supernatural. ... See also: 1984 in literature, other events of 1985, 1986 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Foreign Affairs is a novel by Alison Lurie. ... Alison Lurie (born September 3, 1926) is an American novelist and academic. ... See also: 1985 in literature, other events of 1986, 1987 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Lonesome Dove, written by Larry McMurtry, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning western genre novel and the first book of the Lonesome Dove series. ... One of McMurtrys bookstores in Archer City, Texas Larry McMurtry (born June 3, 1936 in Wichita Falls, Texas) is an Academy Award winning American novelist, essayist and screenwriter. ... See also: 1986 in literature, other events of 1987, 1988 in literature, list of years in literature. ... A Summons to Memphis is a 1986 novel by Peter Taylor, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1987. ... Peter Taylor (January 8, 1917-November 2, 1994) was an American short-story writer and novelist, whose work depicts the changing world of the South as its rural society gave way to industralization. ... See also: 1987 in literature, other events of 1988, 1989 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Beloved cover Beloved is a 1987 novel by Toni Morrison about the legacy of slavery. ... Toni Morrison (born February 18, 1931) is one of the most prominent authors in world literature, having won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993 for her collected works. ... See also: 1988 in literature, other events of 1989, 1990 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Breathing Lessons is a 1988 novel by American author Anne Tyler. ... Anne Tyler (born on October 25, 1941 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist. ... See also: 1989 in literature, other events of 1990, 1991 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Oscar Hijuelos (born 1951) is an American novelist. ... See also: 1990 in literature, other events of 1991, 1992 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Rabbit At Rest is a novel by John Updike. ... John Updike John Hoyer Updike (born March 18, 1932) is an American writer born in Reading, Pennsylvania. ... See also: 1991 in literature, other events of 1992, 1993 in literature, list of years in literature. ... A Thousand Acres is a 1991 novel by American author Jane Smiley. ... Jane Smiley (born September 26, 1949) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist. ... See also: 1992 in literature, other events of 1993, 1994 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Robert Olen Butler is a contemporary fiction writer who has written novels and short story collections. ... See also: 1993 in literature, other events of 1994, 1995 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Shipping News film poster For the indie rock band, see Shipping News (band). ... Edna Annie Proulx (pronounced ) (born August 22, 1935) is an American (with Quebec origins) journalist and author. ... See also: 1994 in literature, other events of 1995, 1996 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Stone Diaries is a 1993 novel by Carol Shields. ... Carol Shields, CC , OM , D.Litt. ... See also: 1995 in literature, other events of 1996, 1997 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Independence Day, a novel by Richard Ford, won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1996. ... Richard Ford (February 16, 1944- ) is an American novelist and short story writer. ... See also: 1996 in literature, other events of 1997, 1998 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Steven Millhauser (born 3 August 1943 in New York City) is perhaps one of modern American fictions most elusive characters. ... See also: 1997 in literature, other events of 1998, 1999 in literature, list of years in literature. ... American Pastoral cover American Pastoral is a 1997 Philip Roth novel concerning Seymour Swede Levov, an all-around good guy whose life is ruined by the indigenous American berzerk. The framing device employed in American Pastoral is a 45th high school reunion attended by frequent Roth alter-ego Nathan Zuckerman. ... Philip Milton Roth (born March 19, 1933, Newark, New Jersey) is a Jewish-American novelist who is best known for his 1959 collection, Goodbye, Columbus, as well as his sexually-explicit comedic novel Portnoys Complaint (1969) and for his late-90s trilogy comprising the Pulitzer Prize-winning American Pastoral... See also: 1998 in literature, other events of 1999, 2000 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Hours is a novel written by Michael Cunningham. ... Michael Cunningham (born November 6, 1952) is an award-winning American writer/novelist, best known for his 1998 novel The Hours. ... See also: 1999 in literature, other events of 2000, 2001 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Interpreter of Maladies, winner of 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, is a collection of nine short stories by Indian American author Jhumpa Lahiri. ... Jhumpa Lahiri Jhumpa Lahiri (b. ... See also: 2000 in literature, other events of 2001, 2002 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is a 2000 novel by Michael Chabon. ... Michael Chabon (born May 24, 1963) is a modern Jewish-American author. ... See also: 2001 in literature, other events of 2002, 2003 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Empire Falls is a 2001 novel written by Richard Russo set in a fictional small town in Maine. ... Richard Russo (born July 15, 1949, in Johnstown, New York and raised in nearby Gloversville, New York) is an American novelist and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. ... See also: 2002 in literature, other events of 2003, 2004 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Middlesex (ISBN 0374199698) is a novel by Jeffrey Eugenides. ... Jeffrey Eugenides [] (born March 8, 1960, in Detroit, Michigan) is an American novelist and short story writer of Greek and Irish origins. ... See also: 2003 in literature, other events of 2004, 2005 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Known World (2003, ISBN 0060557540) is Edward P. Jones second novel. ... Edward P. Jones (born 1951) is an American writer. ... // Events February 25 - Canada Reads selects Rockbound by Frank Parker Day as the novel to be read across the nation. ... Gilead is a novel written by Marilynne Robinson and published in 2004. ... Marilynne Robinson (born 1947) is an American author. ... Thomas Pynchon in 1957 Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, Jr. ... Gravitys Rainbow book cover. ...

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