Pulitzer Prize Recipients

Notable Fulbright Alumni who have been awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

Name	Field	Prize	Fulbright Award
2000-Current
Eric Foner	Historian	Pulitzer Prize History 2011	Fulbright Scholar Russia, Japan
Robert Haas	Poet	Pulitzer Prize Poetry 2008	Fulbright Scholar United Kingdom 1976
Philip Schultz	Poet	Pulitzer Prize Poetry 2008	Fulbright Scholar Israel 1983
Caroline Elkins	Historian/Author	Pulitzer Prize General Non-Fiction 2006	Fulbright Scholar Kenya 1998-99
Edmund S. Morgan	Biographer Historian	Pulitzer Prize Special Awards & Citations 2006	Fulbright Scholar Japan 1968
David H. Fischer	Historian	Pulitzer Prize History 2005	Fulbright Scholar New Zeland 1994
William C. Taubman	Biographer Historian	Pulitzer Prize Biography 2004	Fulbright Student Soviet Union 1965
Daniel Grech	Journalist	Pulitzer Prize Journalism 2001	Fulbright Student Argentina 2003
Herbert P Bix	Historian	Pulitzer Prize Non-Fiction 2001	Fulbright Scholar Japan 1977, 1992
Bruce B. Finley	Journalist	Pulitzer Prize Journalism 2000	Fulbright Student United Kingdom 1984-85
1990-1999
Mark Strand	Poet	Pulitzer Prize Poetry 1999	Fulbright Student Italy, Brazil 1960, 1965
Edward J. Larson	Historian	Pulitzer Prize History 1998	Fulbright Scholar Netherlands 2000
Charles Wright	Poet	Pulitzer Prize Poetry 1998	Fulbright Student &Scholar Italy 1963, 1968
Will Englund	Foreign Correspondent	Pulitzer Prize Journalism 1998	Fulbright Scholar United Kingdom 1988
George Walker	Composer	Pulitzer Prize Music 1996	Fulbright Student France 1957
Edward Albee	Writer	Pulitzer Prize Drama 1967, 1974, 1994	Fulbright Scholar Soviet Union 1964
Eric Freedman	Journalist	Pulitzer Prize Journalism 1994	Fulbright Scholar Uzbekistan 2001
Gunther Schuller	Composer Musician	Pulitzer Prize Music 1994	Fulbright Scholar China 1971
John Kaplan	Photographer	Pulitzer Prize Journalism 1992	Fulbright Scholar Hong Kong 2009
Wayne Peterson	Composer	Pulitzer Prize Music 1992	Fulbright Scholar United Kingdom 1953
Robert F. Schenkkan	Playwright Screenwriter	Pulitzer Prize Drama 1992	Fulbright Scholar Chile 1969-70
Jane Smiley	Writer	Pulitzer Prize Fiction 1992	Fulbright Scholar Iceland 1976-77
John Updike	Writer	Pulitzer Prize Fiction 1982, 1991	Fulbright Scholar Ghana, Nigeria 1973
Charles Simic	Poet	Pulitzer Prize Poetry 1990	Fulbright Scholar Yugoslavia 1982
Allan Temko	Architecture Critic	Pulitzer Prize Criticism 1990	Fulbright Scholar France 1952
1980-1989
Roger Reynolds	Composer	Pulitzer Prize Music 1989	Fulbright Student Germany 1962
David H. Donald	Historian Biographer	Pulitzer Prize Historian 1961, 1988	Fulbright Scholar United Kingdom 1959
Rita Dove	Poet Former U.S. Poet Laureate	Pulitzer Prize Poetry 1987	Fulbright Student Germany 1974
Peter Taylor	Writer	Pulitzer Prize Fiction 1987	Fulbright Scholar United Kingdom 1955
Joseph Lelyveld	Executive Editor New York Times	Pulitzer Prize Non-Fiction 1986	Fulbright Student Burma 1960
Murray Kempton	Journalist	Pulitzer Prize Journalism 1985	Fulbright Scholar Italy 1958
Galway Kinnell	Poet	Pulitzer Prize Poetry 1983	Fulbright Scholar France, Iran 1955, 1959
Loretta Tofani	Reporter Philadelphia Inquirer	Pulitzer Prize Journalism 1983	Fulbright Scholar Japan 1983
Sylvia Plath	Poet	Pulitzer Prize Poetry 1982	Fulbright Student United Kingdom 1955
C. Vann Woodward	Historian	Pulitzer Prize History 1982	Fulbright Scholar United Kingdom, New Zeland 1955, 1995
Leon F. Litwack	Historian	Pulitzer Prize History 1980	Fulbright Scholar Soviet Union, Australia 1980, 1991
1970-1979
Meg Greenfield	Editor The Washington Post	Pulitzer Prize Journalism 1978	Fulbright Student United Kingdom 1952
John Ashbery	Poet	Pulitzer Prize Poetry 1976	Fulbright Student France 1955
Alan M. Kriegsman	Writer	Pulitzer Prize Criticisim 1976	Fulbright Student Austria 1956
Richard (R.W.B.) Lewis	Biographer	Pulitzer Prize Biography 1976	Fulbright Scholar Germany, Japan 1957, 1977
Ned Rorem	Composer Writer	Pulitzer Prize Music 1976	Fulbright Student France 1951
Dominick Argento	Composer	Pulitzer Prize Music 1975	Fulbright Student Italy 1951
Daniel Boorstin	Historian	Pulitzer Prize History 1974	Fulbright Scholar Japan, Yugoslavia 1956, 1963
Donald Martino	Composer	Pulitzer Prize Music 1974	Fulbright Student Italy 1954, 55
Hedrick Smith	Journalist	Pulitzer Prize Journalism 1974	Fulbright Student United Kingdom 1955
Michael G. Kammen	Historian Sociologist	Pulitzer Prize History 1973	Fulbright Specialist Romania 2004
Eudora Welty	Writer	Pulitzer Prize Fiction 1973	Fulbright Scholar United Kingdom 1954
Carl N. Degler	Historian Author	Pulitzer Prize History 1972	Fulbright Scholar Chile 1967
Jacob Druckman	Composer	Pulitzer Prize Music 1972	Fulbright Student France 1954
Wallace Stegner	Writer	Pulitzer Prize Fiction 1972	Fulbright Scholar Greece 1963
James A. Wright	Poet	Pulitzer Prize Poetry 1972	Fulbright Student Austria 1952
Richard Howard	Poet	Pulitzer Prize Poetry 1970	Fulbright Student France 1958
Ada L. Huxtable	Writer Critic	Pulitzer Prize Journalism 1970	Fulbright Student Italy 1952
T. Harry Williams	Biographer Historian	Pulitzer Prize Biography 1970	Fulbright Scholar United Kingdom 1966
1960-1969
Benjamin Reid	Writer	Pulitzer Prize Biography 1969	Fulbright Scholar United Kingdom 1963
N. Scott Momaday	Writer	Pulitzer Prize Fiction 1969	Fulbright Scholar Russia, Soviet Union 1973-74
Anthony Hecht	Poet	Pulitzer Prize Poetry 1968	Fulbright Student / Scholar Germany, Brazil, Australia 1954, 1972, 1984
David B. Davis	Historian	Pulitzer Prize Non-Fiction 1967	Fulbright Scholar India, France 1967, 1980
William H. Goetzmann	Historian	Pulitzer Prize History 1967	Fulbright Scholar United Kingdom 1967
Leslie Bassett	Composer	Pulitzer Prize Music 1966	Fulbright Student France 1950
Katherine A. Porter	Writer	Pulitzer Prize Fiction 1966	Fulbright Scholar Belgium, Mexico 1954, 1964
Ernest Samuels	Biographer	Pulitzer Prize Biography 1965	Fulbright Scholar Belgium 1958
Richard Hofstadter	Historian Sociologist	Pulitzer Prize Non-Fiction 1956, 1964	Fulbright Scholar United Kingdom 1955
Garrett Mattingly	Historian	Pulitzer Prize Special Award 1960	Fulbright Scholar Italy 1963
1950-1959
Russell Jones	Reporter	Pulitzer Prize Journalism 1957	Fulbright Scholar France 1966
Theodore Roethke	Poet	Pulitzer Prize Poetry 1954	Fulbright Scholar Italy 1955
Roy F. Nichols	Historian	Pulitzer Prize History 1949	Fulbright Scholar India 1962
Virgil Thomson	Composer	Pulitzer Prize Music 1949	Fulbright Scholar France 1960
1940-1949
Peter Viereck	Poet	Pulitzer Prize Poetry 1949	Fulbright Scholar United Kingdom, Italy 1953, 1954-55
Viginius Dabney	Journalist Editor	Pulitzer Prize Journalism 1948	Fulbright Scholar United Kingdom 1954
Aaron Copland	Composer	Pulitzer Prize Music 1945	Fulbright Scholar United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, Austria, Italy 1961, 1962, 1963-64, 1964, 1964
Merle Curti	Historian	Pulitzer Prize History 1944	Fulbright Scholar United Kingdom, India, Brazil 1952, 1964, 1969
Carleton Mabee	Writer	Pulitzer Prize Biography 1944	Fulbright Scholar Pakistan, Japan 1952, 1953
John Steinbeck	Writer	Pulitzer Prize Fiction 1940	Fulbright Specialist Soviet Union 1963
1930-1939
Robert P. T. Coffin	Writer Poet	Pulitzer Prize Poetry 1936	Fulbright Scholar Greece 1953
Eugene P. Chase	Editor	Pulitzer Prize Journalism 1934	Fulbright Scholar France 1953, 1956