2021 Pulitzer Prize winners

This week the winners of the 2021 Pulitzer Prizes were announced.

Started in 1917 by Joseph Pulitzer, a skilled and passionate newspaper publisher, the Pulitzer Prizes are awarded annually to honour excellence in journalism and the arts. Each year 22 prizes are awarded, with winners chosen by a board of members.

Of particular interest to us are the Book winners:

• Fiction - The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
• History - Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America by Marcia Chatelain
• Biography - The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X by the late Les Payne and Tamara Payne
• Poetry - Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz
• General Nonfiction - Wilmington’s Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy by David Zucchino

The full list of 2021 winners can be found on Pulitzer.org.