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 |