Yale Pulitzer Prize Winners
Yale students, graduates, and faculty who have been awarded the Pulitzer Prize.
The following have also won but are not here on this site.
Charles Forelle (BA 2002); won for Public Service in 2007.
Wesley Morris (BA 1997); won 2012 for film criticism.
Kevin Puts (MM 1996) 2012 for music;
Mark Schoofs (BA 1985) won in 2000 for international reporting;
Yehudi Wyner (BA 1950, B.Mus.1951, M.Mus.1953) composer, won the Pulitzer for music in 2006 for his piano concerto, "Chiavi in Mano;" professor emeritus of musical composition at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts.
The following have also won but are not here on this site.
Charles Forelle (BA 2002); won for Public Service in 2007.
Wesley Morris (BA 1997); won 2012 for film criticism.
Kevin Puts (MM 1996) 2012 for music;
Mark Schoofs (BA 1985) won in 2000 for international reporting;
Yehudi Wyner (BA 1950, B.Mus.1951, M.Mus.1953) composer, won the Pulitzer for music in 2006 for his piano concerto, "Chiavi in Mano;" professor emeritus of musical composition at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts.
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Anne Applebaum was born on 25 July 1964 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She is known for The Way Back (2010), Transformacja cz. 2 - Zmienna linia Partii, III wojna swiatowa i raport lokomotywy (2013) and Titel, Thesen, Temperamente (1967). She has been married to Radek Sikorski since 27 June 1992. They have two children.BA in 1986; won 2004 for non-fiction- Charles Bartlett was born on 14 August 1921 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was married to Josephine Martha Buck. He died on 17 February 2017 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.BA in 1943; won 1956 for national reporting.
- American poet and writer, several of whose short stories were filmed. The son of a U.S. Army officer who inculcated in Benet and his brother, famed poet William Rose Benet, an appreciation for excellence in literature, Benet was raised around military posts. He attended Yale University, then traveled to Paris, where he met his wife, Rosemary Carr, and began to write professionally. While in Paris again on a Guggenheim Fellowship, he published the story, The Sobbin Women, which later became the basis for the musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954). He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1929 for his narrative poem on the American Civil War, "John Brown's Body." He also wrote numerous radio dramas and a few screenplays before his early death at 44.BA in 1919; MA in 1920: won the Pulitzer twice as an author.
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Paul Goldberger is known for Frontline (1983), Modern Tide: Midcentury Architecture on Long Island (2012) and Trump: What's the Deal? (1991). He has been married to Susan L. Solomon since 1980. They have two children.BA 1972; 1984 for Distinguished Criticism.- Stephen Greenblatt was born on 7 November 1943 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.BA 1964, M.Phil 1968, and Ph.D. in 1969. 2012 in general non-fiction.
- Linda Greenhouse is known for We're Glad You're Here (2010), Reversing Roe (2018) and Frontline (1983). She has been married to Eugene R. Fidell since 1 January 1981.MA in 1978; 1998 recipient
- John Hersey was born on 17 June 1914 in Tianjin, China. He was a writer, known for The War Lover (1962), A Bell for Adano (1945) and Lux Video Theatre (1950). He was married to Barbara Day Addams Kaufman and Frances Ann Cannon. He died on 24 March 1993 in Key West, Florida, USA.BA 1936; won in 1945 for the novel, "A Bell for Adano." Namesake of the John Hersey Lecture at Yale.
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Quiara Alegría Hudes was born on 22 September 1977 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She is a writer and actress, known for In the Heights (2021), tick, tick... BOOM! (2021) and Vivo (2021).BA 1999; playwright and recipient of "In the Heights" for 2012 in Drama.- Music Department
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Charles Ives was born on 20 October 1874 in Danbury, Connecticut, USA. He was a composer, known for Run Lola Run (1998), The Thin Red Line (1998) and Neruda (2016). He was married to Harmony Twitchell. He died on 19 May 1954 in New York City, New York, USA.BA 1898; 1947 for music.- Additional Crew
David M. Kennedy is known for The Great War: 1914-1918 (1996), American Creed (2018) and When the World Breaks (2010).MA 1964; Ph.D. 1968; won the 2000 in history for "Freedom from Fearl The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945.- Writer
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David McCullough was born on 7 July 1933 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Seabiscuit (2003), Nova (1974) and The Civil War (1990). He was married to Rosalee Barnes. He died on 7 August 2022 in Hingham, Massachusetts, USA.BA 1965; won the award twice.- Writer
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J.R. Moehringer was born on 7 December 1964 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The Tender Bar (2021), Resurrecting the Champ (2007) and Sutton.BA 1986; won 2000 for feature writing.- Composer
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Douglas Moore was born on 10 August 1893 in Cutchogue, Long Island, New York, USA. He was a composer, known for Live from Lincoln Center (1976), Youth Gets a Break (1941) and Arias and Arabesques (1962). He died on 25 July 1969 in Greenport, long Island, New York, USA.BA 1915; awarded for music.- Producer
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Lynn Nottage was born on 2 November 1964 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for Everlasting Yea!, She's Gotta Have It (2017) and What We Do Next (2022).MFA; won for the drama, "Ruined."- Composer
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Mel Powell was born on 12 February 1923 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for A Song Is Born (1948), The Lonely Night (1954) and American Frontier (1953). He was married to Martha Scott. He died on 24 April 1998 in Van Nuys, California, USA.BA 1952; won in 1992 for music for "Duplicates; A Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra; founding dean and professor of music at the California Institute for the Arts.- Writer
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Samantha Power was born on 21 September 1970 in Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland. She is a writer and producer, known for Sergio (2020), Sergio (2009) and Watchers of the Sky (2014). She has been married to Cass Sunstein since 4 July 2008. They have two children.BA 1992; winner for the book, "A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide.- Composer
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Lewis Spratlan was born on 5 September 1940 in Miami, Florida, USA. He was a composer, known for Innocent Creep (2013) and A Letter Without Words (1998). He was married to Melinda Kessler. He died on 9 February 2023 in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, USA.BA 1962, MM 1965; won in 2000 for music for "Life is a Dream, Opera in Three Acts: Act II, Concert Version."- Writer
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Garry Trudeau was born on 21 July 1948 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for A Doonesbury Special (1977), Tanner '88 (1988) and Alpha House (2013). He has been married to Jane Pauley since 14 June 1980. They have three children.BA 1970, MFA 1973; won in 1975 for his comic strip, "Doonesbury."- Writer
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Wendy Wasserstein was born on 18 October 1950 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was a writer and actress, known for Life with Mikey (1993), The Object of My Affection (1998) and Great Performances (1971). She died on 30 January 2006 in New York City, New York, USA.MFA 1976; won for the drama, "The Heidi Chronicles."- Thornton Niven Wilder was the second of five children in the family of a newspaper editor and a U.S. diplomat, Amos Parker Wilder, and Isabella Niven Wilder. He spent part of his childhood with his father, who was a Consul General in Hong Kong and China between 1906 and 1914. Wilder finished high school in California, received his undergraduate degree at Yale, and went to study archeology at the American Academy in Rome. He earned his M.A. in French from Princeton in 1926.
Wilder published his first play "The Trumpet Shall Sound" (1920) in Yale Literary Magasine. His first novel, "The Cabala" (1926), reflects his experiences in Europe, alluding to American expatriates around Gertrude Stein. His second novel "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" brought him his first Pulitzer Prize in 1928. He also won the Pulitzer Prize for drama for his play "Our Town" (1938), and again for "The Skin Of Our Teeth" (1943).
During WWII he served in the Army Air Force, rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. At that time Wilder wrote the screenplay for 'Shadow of a Doubt', a film by Alfred Hitchcock. His farcical play "The Matchmaker" (1954) was adapted in 1964 into a Broadway musical comedy Hello, Dolly! It was made into a film in 1969, starring Barbra Streisand as Dolly Levi. Wilder received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963, and won the 1967 National Book Award for his novel "The Eighth Day". His numerous friends included Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, and Montgomery Clift.BA 1920; won twice first in 1928 for the play, "The Bridge of San Luis Rey," and again in 1938 for the play, "Our Town." He was also awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963. - Bob Woodward was born on 26 March 1943 in Geneva, Illinois, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for All the President's Men (1976), Wired (1989) and The Nightmare Years (1989). He has been married to Elsa Walsh since 25 November 1989. They have two children. He was previously married to Frances Roderick Barnard and Kathleen Middlekauff.BA 1965; won twice first with Carl Bernstein for the non-fiction book, "All the Presidents Men;" and the second in 2002 for national reporting.
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Daniel Yergin was born on 6 February 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for American Wake, Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy (2002) and The Claman Countdown (2008).BA 1968; won for "The Prize. The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power."