<em>The Washington Post</em>'s David Fahrenthold (center) learns he won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting, surrounded by his colleagues in the newsroom Monday.
For a centenarian, appears to be as spry as ever.
Now in its 101st year, the prestigious prize recognized writers, artists and musicians of nearly every bent — from breaking news and cartooning, to fiction and drama. At a New York City ceremony Monday, Pulitzer Prize Administrator Mike Pride announced the 21 winners of the 2017 award.
Below, you can find a list of this year's winners, linked to their winning works where available. You can also find the finalists — whose names were not released until Monday —
right here.
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Tavon Tanner tears up before his surgery at Lurie Children's Hospital in October 2016. This photograph is part of the <em>Chicago</em> <em>Tribune </em>series that earned E. Jason Wambsgans the 2017 Pulitzer Prize.
Letters, Drama And Music
Fiction:The Underground Railroad, by Colson Whitehead.
Drama:Sweat, by Lynn Nottage.
History:Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy, by Heather Ann Thompson.
Biography or Autobiography:The Return, by Hisham Matar.
Poetry:Olio, by Tyehimba Jess.
General Nonfiction:Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, by Matthew Desmond.
Music:Angel's Bone, by Du Yun.
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