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2011 Pulitzer Prize Board
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front row: K.A. Willey, E. Robinson, D. Kennedy, S. Gissler, A.M. Lipinski, N. Lemann, J. Amoss
back row: J. VandeHei, J. Diaz, K. Carroll, T. Friedman, G. Moore, J. Dehli, P. Tash, D. Allen, R. Beck, L. Bollinger, P. Gigot.

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David M. Kennedy, chair; Sig Gissler, administrator

John Guare

Publication
A Free Man of Color
Citation
An audacious play spread across a large historical canvas, dealing with serious subjects while retaining a playful intellectual buoyancy.
Tags: 2011
Categories: Drama

Chang-rae Lee

Publication
The Surrendered
Citation
A haunting and often heartbreaking epic whose characters explore the deep reverberations of love, devotion and war.
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Tags: 2011
Categories: Fiction

Jonathan Dee

Publication
The Privileges
Citation
A contemporary, wide ranging tale about an elite Manhattan family, moral bankruptcy and the long reach of wealth.
Publisher
Random House
Tags: 2011
Categories: Fiction