Pulitzer Prize for the Novel

The Pulitzer Prize for the Novel was a prize awarded between 1918 and 1947. In 1948, it was replaced by the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

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The Pulitzer Prize  /ˈpʊlɨtsər/ is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American (Hungarian-born) publisher Joseph Pulitzer in 1917 and is administered by Columbia University in New York City. Prizes are awarded...

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Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is an American private Ivy League research university located in New York City, New York, United States. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the...

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