The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes awarded annually for Letters, Drama, and Music. It was first presented in 1922, and is given for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author, published during the preceding calendar year. Show
Finalists have been announced since 1980, ordinarily two others beside the winner.[1] 1918 and 1919 special prizes[edit]Before the establishment of the award, the 1918 and 1919 Pulitzer cycles included three Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards (called at the time the Columbia University Poetry Prize) for poetry books funded by "a special grant from The Poetry Society."[1] See Special Pulitzers for Letters.
Winners[edit]In its first 92 years to 2013, the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry was awarded 92 times. Two were given in 2008, none in 1946.[1] Robert Frost won the prize four times and several others won it more than once (below). 1920s[edit]
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1980s[edit]Indented entries are finalists after each year's winner.
1990s[edit]Indented entries are finalists after each year's winner.
2000s[edit]Indented entries are finalists after each year's winner. Two prizes were awarded in 2008.
2010s[edit]Indented entries are finalists after each year's winner.
2020s[edit]Indented entries are finalists after each year's winner.
Repeat winners[edit]Robert Frost won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry four times from 1924 to 1943. Edwin Arlington Robinson won three prizes during the 1920s and several people, all male, have won two.
Carl Sandburg won one of the special prizes for his poetry in 1919 and won the Poetry Pulitzer in 1951. See also[edit]
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What does it mean to win a Pulitzer Prize?The Pulitzer Prize (/ˈpʊlɪtsər/) is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States.
What are the requirements to win a Pulitzer Prize?Entries may be made by any individual based on material coming from a United States newspaper, magazine or news site that publishes regularly during the calendar year and that adheres to the highest journalistic principles. United States citizenship is not a prerequisite for the Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism.
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