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2014 Pulitzer Prize Board
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front row, left to right: J. Diaz, E. Robinson, P. Tash, S. Gissler, D. Allen, G. Collins. R. Beck; back row, left to right: J. Daniszewski, K. Boo, S. Engelberg, J. Dehli, K. Willey, S. Coll, A. Marques, B. Blau, S. Hahn, Q. Hudes and P. Gigot (absent from photo: L. Bollinger)

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Paul C. Tash, chair; Sig Gissler, administrator

Madeleine George

Publication
The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence
Citation
A cleverly constructed play that uses several historical moments – from the 1800s to the 2010s – to meditate on the technological advancements that bring people together and tear them apart.
Tags: 2014
Categories: Drama

Bob Shacochis

Publication
The Woman Who Lost Her Soul
Citation
A novel spanning 50 years and three continents that explores the murky world of American foreign policy before 9/11, using provocative themes to raise difficult moral questions.
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Tags: 2014
Categories: Fiction

Philipp Meyer

Publication
The Son
Citation
A sweeping multi-generational novel that illuminates the violence and enterprise of the American West by tracing a Texas family's passage from lethal frontier perils to immense oil-boom wealth.
Publisher
Ecco
Tags: 2014
Categories: Fiction