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Check Out a Champion: Pulitzer Prize Winners in Literature: Biography

A listing of all women writers who have won the Pulitzer Prize in the category of Fiction, highlighting titles held by SSPL

Newly Added in 2023

The Pulitzer Prize in Memoir or Autobiography was first awarded in 2023 (previously part of the Biography
category). It is awarded for “a distinguished and factual memoir or autobiography by an American author.”

“Memoir or Autobiography.” The Pulitzer Prizes. Columbia University, 2024. Web. www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/650.

The Award

The Pulitzer Prize in the Biography category was first awarded in 1917. It is awarded for “a distinguished and appropriately
documented biography by an American author.” See also: winners in the History and General Nonfiction categories.

“Biography.” The Pulitzer Prizes. Columbia University, 2024. Web. www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/222.

SSPL Holdings (1917 - present)

Winners from Other Years (1956 - present)

Ask at the Reference Desk (ext. 304)
to see if a copy can be located
through Interlibrary Loan!

Winners from Other Years (1917 - 1955)