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Check Out a Champion: Pulitzer Prize Winners in Literature: "Women Writers: Pulitzer Prize Winners in Fiction"

Includes winning titles from the Fiction/Novel, Nonfiction, History, Biography/Memoir, Drama, and Poetry categories
 
This page is archived from the LibGuide formerly titled "Women Writers: Pulitzer Prize Winners in Fiction"

Women and the Pulitzer

The Pulitzer Prize in Fiction

The Pulitzer Prize in the Novel category (changed to Fiction in 1948 to include short stories) was first awarded in 1918. Since then, only 33 women have won this particular award, in contrast to double that amount of male winners. The first woman to win was Edith Wharton in 1921 with The Age of Innocence; the most recent has been Jayne Anne Phillips in 2024 with Night Watch. For other award winners and categories, please visit the official Pulitzer Winners page.

 

SSPL Holdings: 1986-present

SSPL Holdings: 1918-1985

Winning Women from Other Years

Ask at the Reference Desk (ext. 304)
or the Information Desk (ext. 210)
to see if a copy can be located
through Interlibrary Loan!