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APRIL 13, 2010

Pulitzer Winners Announced

The 2010 Pulitzer Prizes honoring excellence in journalism and the arts since 1917 have been announced. You can see the whole list here http://www.pulitzer.org/node/8501

Of particular note these prizes were awarded in the category of

Letters, Drama and Music

Fiction - Tinkers by Paul Harding (Bellevue Literary Press)
Drama - Next to Normal, music by Tom Kitt, book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey
History - Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed (The Penguin Press)
Biography - The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T.J. Stiles (Alfred A. Knopf)
Poetry - Versed by Rae Armantrout (Wesleyan University Press)
General Nonfiction - The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy by David E. Hoffman (Doubleday)
Music - Violin Concerto by Jennifer Higdon (Lawdon Press)

Have you read any of these? I've had the First Tycoon on my list forever. Perhaps it's time to move it up in the pile!