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Book Awards » Pulitzer Prize - Drama

Pulitzer PrizeCategories: Literary Fiction, General Nonfiction, Biography, History, Drama, Poetry, Memoir / Autobiography
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper journalism, literature and musical composition. The Pulitzer was established by and named after the Hungarian-American publisher Joseph Pulitzer. The awards are administered by Columbia University in New York City. Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one categories. We've sorted our books by the six subcategories in the "letters and drama" category.

2020

A Strange Loop

2019

Fairview

2018

Cost of Living (TCG Edition)

2017

Sweat (TCG Edition)
Sweat (TCG Edition)
Author: Lynn Nottage
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
 2


Other Versions: Paperback

2016

Hamilton
Hamilton
Author: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeffrey Seller
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
 2


Other Versions: Paperback

2015

Between Riverside and Crazy
Between Riverside and Crazy
Author: Stephen Adly Guirgis
  ?


Other Versions: Hardcover

2014

The Flick
The Flick
Author: Annie Baker
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
 2


Other Versions: Hardcover, Paperback

2013

Disgraced: A Play
Disgraced: A Play
Author: Ayad Akhtar
  • Currently 4.4/5 Stars.
 4


Other Versions: Hardcover, Paperback

2012

Water by the Spoonful
Water by the Spoonful
Author: Quiara Alegria Hudes
  ?


Other Versions: Paperback, Paperback

2011

Clybourne Park
Clybourne Park
Author: Bruce Norris
  ?


Other Versions: Paperback

2010

Next to Normal
Next to Normal
Author: Brian Yorkey, Tom Kitt
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
 1


Other Versions: Paperback

2009

Ruined
Ruined
Author: Lynn Nottage
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
 5


Other Versions: Paperback, Paperback, Hardcover

2008

August: Osage County
August: Osage County
Author: Tracy Letts
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
 17


Other Versions: Paperback, Paperback, Paperback, Audio CD

2007

Rabbit Hole
Rabbit Hole
Author: David Lindsay-Abaire
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
 4


Other Versions: Paperback, Paperback, Paperback, Audio CD

2006

No Award Given

2005

Doubt: A Parable
Doubt: A Parable
Author: John Patrick Shanley
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
 18


Other Versions: Paperback

2004

I Am My Own Wife : A Play
I Am My Own Wife : A Play
Author: Doug Wright
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
 8


Other Versions: Paperback

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2003

Anna in the Tropics
Anna in the Tropics
Author: Nilo Cruz
  • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
 6


Other Versions: Paperback, Audio CD

2002

Topdog/Underdog
Topdog/Underdog
Author: Suzan-Lori Parks
  • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
 15


Other Versions: Paperback, Paperback

2001

Proof : A Play
Proof : A Play
Author: David Auburn
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
 26


2000

Dinner with Friends
Dinner with Friends
Author: Donald Margulies
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 2


Other Versions: Hardcover, Paperback, Audio CD (Unabridged)

1999

Wit : A Play
Wit : A Play
Author: Margaret Edson
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
 40


Other Versions: Hardcover

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1998

The Mammary Plays : How I Learned to Drive / The Mineola Twins
The Mammary Plays : How I Learned to Drive / The Mineola Twins
Author: Paula Vogel
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
 9


Other Versions: Hardcover

1997

No Award Given

1996

Rent
Rent
Author: Jonathan Larson Estate
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
 22


Other Versions: Hardcover

1995

The Young Man From Atlanta.
The Young Man From Atlanta.
Author: Horton Foote
  ?


Other Versions: Audio CD, Paperback, Hardcover

1994

3 Tall Women (Plume Drama)
3 Tall Women (Plume Drama)
Author: Edward Albee
  • Currently 4.8/5 Stars.
 2


Other Versions: Audio CD, Paperback, Hardcover

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1993

Millennium Approaches (Angels in America, Part One)
Millennium Approaches (Angels in America, Part One)
Author: Tony Kushner
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 67


Other Versions: Audio CD, Paperback, Hardcover

1992

The Kentucky Cycle.
The Kentucky Cycle.
Author: Robert Schenkkan
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
 2


1991

Lost in Yonkers (Plume Drama)
Lost in Yonkers (Plume Drama)
Author: Neil Simon
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 9


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1990

The Piano Lesson
The Piano Lesson
Author: August Wilson
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
 25


1989

The Heidi Chronicles / Uncommon Women and Others / Isn't It Romantic

1988

Driving Miss Daisy
Driving Miss Daisy
Author: Alfred Uhry
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 15


Other Versions: Paperback, Hardcover, Paperback, Paperback, Hardcover, Hardcover, Hardcover

1987

Fences
Fences
Author: August Wilson
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 36


Other Versions: Hardcover, Paperback, Paperback, Hardcover, Hardcover

1986

No Award Given