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Pulitzer Prize- this is one of the most prestigious US awards, which is awarded for achievements in literature, journalism, music and theater.

The award bears the name famous newspaper magnate of Hungarian origin - Joseph Pulitzer. After his death (Joseph died in 1911), Pulitzer bequeathed to organize foundation named after him, The initial capital of which was $2 million “bequeathed” by the tycoon. Meanwhile, the founding day of the award is considered not its actual foundation, but the date of the Pulitzer will, which became the beginning of the prestigious award, – August 17, 1903.

The award became annual only with 1917: to this day in every first Monday in May The trustees of Columbia University in New York present the J. Pulitzer Award.

The award is known not only for its big name, but also for the no less loud debates that often arise during the discussion of nominees: the commission has been repeatedly accused of awarding the award incorrectly or not awarding it at all. However, despite all the subjectivity of the process, the Pulitzer Prize committee never made populist decisions, dictated by the opinion of the majority: many authors were “discovered” by the award, which did not allow the name and prestige of the author to influence the decision of the board; Almost none of the nominated books were bestsellers before the award, and none of the works were adapted for stage or film. Of course, in journalism categories, the largest publications have always been among the first - such as New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post etc., but along with them, not so famous magazines and newspapers were always noted.

The award keeps up with the times, without losing touch with its traditions, which are the key to the quality of the assessment modern literature. Yes, with 2006 authors received the right to provide their works from the World Wide Web.

The names should be noted with particular pride Russians, who have become iconic figures for the American Prize. The first personal prize was established in honor of Russian journalist and human rights activist Anna Politkovskaya, who deserved such honor by leading chronicler Chechen war . Anna has repeatedly received awards for her journalistic work - Award "Golden Pen of Russia"(2000), Amnesty International Award(2001, for human rights journalism), etc. The journalist received many awards for her fearless coverage of the events of one of the bloodiest wars - International Women's Press Foundation's Courage in Journalism Award(2002), Lettre Ulysses Award, medal and H. Kersten Prize(2003), etc. Unfortunately, many of these awards found their owner only after her death - UNESCO Prize for Press Freedom(2007), Anti-Fascist Hans and Sophie Scholl Prize (2007), highest order of ChRI “Honor of the Nation” (2010).

Named after Anna Politkovskaya bonus, established by the organization "To help every woman in the fire of war."

The only Pulitzer Prize winner from Russia is photographer Alexander Zemlyanichenko, Alexander was nominated for photo reports from Russia in the 90s(1991 and 1996). A. Zemlyanichenko became a prize winner twice - in 1992 and 1997.

The Pulitzer Prize includes a number of nominations: for service to the public, for outstanding investigation, for uncovering a national issue, for a news photograph, for a history book, for a poem, for non-fiction, etc.

Many well-known works have been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize: "Gone with the Wind" by M. Mitchell(1937), "The Old Man and the Sea" E. Hemingway (1953), To Kill a Mockingbird by H. Lee(1961), “The Short and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” by J. Diaz(2008) and others.

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PULITZER PRIZES, are awarded in the United States for outstanding achievements in the fields of journalism, literary creativity (fiction and drama) and music. Awarded annually on the first Monday in May by the trustees of Columbia University on the recommendations of the Pulitzer Prize Board. The awards are awarded under the auspices of the Columbia University School of Journalism. According to the terms of the agreement between the university and J. Pulitzer, concluded in 1903, and subsequently included in the text of Pulitzer’s will dated April 16, 1904 and described in detail in the charter of the prizes, the monetary part of the prizes is the annual income from the Pulitzer Fund of 550 thousand dollars. This fund, in turn, formed from J. Pulitzer’s 2 million donation to the university.

Since the prizes were first presented in 1917, the university's trustees and members of the Pulitzer Prize board have strictly followed the principles of their founder. Although the trustees of the university have the authority to award awards, the board has the final say in deciding whether to award, not award, or new criteria for awarding awards. At first the council consisted of 13 members. By the mid-1990s, there were already 17 of them. Created in 1912, the council was named the Advisory Council of the Faculty of Journalism. The council was renamed the Pulitzer Prize Advisory Council in 1950 and the Pulitzer Prize Council in 1979.

According to the awards' charter, nominations in the field of journalism are submitted in writing no later than February 1 of the calendar year. Literature nominations must be submitted no later than July 1 for books published between January 1 and June 30, and no later than November 1 for books published between July 1 and December 31 (books prepared for publication between November and December must be presented for consideration in the form of layout). Journalism nominations can be made on behalf of anyone at any time during the current awards period. All nomination proposals must be accompanied by copies of editorials, reports, cartoons or photographs. 4 copies of each book nominated for a literature prize are sent to the secretary of the council no later than the specified date.

Plays produced within the 12 months between 2 March and 1 March are eligible for the Playwriting Prize. Applications for nominations in the field of music are sent no later than March 1 for works published between March 15 of the previous year and March 1 of the current year. Dramatic and musical works may be nominated provided that council members are familiar with their public performance.

Journalism Awards.

In the mid-1990s, 14 journalism awards were awarded annually: a gold medal for public service and 13 prizes of $3,000 each for work published during the award period in an American daily, Sunday or weekly newspaper. These awards recognize 1) outstanding public service by an American newspaper; 2) the best report on a specific event; 3) the best investigative report local significance(one article or series of articles) created by an individual journalist or creative team; 4) the best critical material; 5) best comment; 6) the best report on a national topic; 7) the best reporting on international issues, including materials from UN correspondents; 8) the best editorial material, where quality criteria are clarity of style, moral pathos, persuasiveness of argumentation and the ability to influence public opinion in the right direction, in the opinion of the author; 9) the best caricature, where the main quality criteria are clear expression of the idea in the drawing, good drawing technique and vivid expressiveness, as well as the author’s appeal to a socially significant problem; 10) the best photo report of local significance; 11) best artistic photography; 12) best essay provided High Quality style and originality; 13) the best analytical material covering complex and important issues; and 14) best material scandalous and sensational in nature.

Literature, music and other categories.

In the field of literature, six Pulitzer Prizes are awarded at $3,000 each. They are awarded for 1) best work fiction by an American writer, published in book form and preferably dealing with issues in American life; 2) an American play, preferably original in plot and dedicated to American life; 3) the best work on US history; 4) best biography or an autobiography written by an American author; 5) the best poetic work created by an American author; 6) best book journalism created by an American author and not falling under other categories. In the field of music, the Pulitzer Prize (originally a music scholarship) is awarded in the amount of $3,000. Awarded annually for “the outstanding musical composition of an American composer in any large form, including chamber, choral and orchestral works, opera, song, dance or other musical theater work that premiered in the United States during the current year.” There are also three scholarships for foreign travel of $5,000 each, awarded to graduates of the Faculty of Journalism on the recommendation of the faculty council; One $5,000 scholarship is awarded to an outstanding graduating senior who has expressed a desire to major in theater, music, literary, film, or television criticism. From time to time, special awards are given to journalists and writers, newspapers or publishing houses in recognition of their outstanding achievements and those who are worthy of a Pulitzer Prize but have not received it in any of the existing categories.

Selection of laureates.

Decisions on awards are made by special juries appointed by the university for each category. Each jury compiles a list of three candidates in alphabetical order and submits it to the Pulitzer Prize Board. The Council is studying everything necessary materials and the works of the nominees, after which it forwards its recommendations to the trustees, who approve the selection made by the board and immediately announce the names of the winners without holding a formal ceremony. The Council has the right to award the prize to any applicant, regardless of the recommendations of the nominating jury. Jury members, board members or trustees are not entitled to participate in discussions or votes if the award given may benefit them personally or the organizations they represent. Membership on the board is limited to three three-year terms for each individual. Vacancies are filled through a vote involving current board members.

On August 7, 1903, Joseph Pulitzer, the famous American newspaper magnate and publisher, drew up a will in which he instructed, after his death, to establish an award for journalists, writers and figures in the field of education. This day is considered the date of establishment of the Pulitzer Prize, the amount of which is 10 thousand dollars. IN different years it was awarded to such writers as Ernest Hemingway, Saul Below, Margaret Mitchell, John Steinbeck, William Faulkner and others.

The Pulitzer Prize is one of the most prestigious awards in American journalism and literature, music and theater. The prize was established on August 17, 1903, when the will of Joseph Pulitzer (1847–1911), an American publisher, journalist, and founder of the “yellow press” genre, was drawn up to create a prize in his name. The Pulitzer Prize began to be awarded in May 1917 for outstanding achievements in the field of literature and journalism. Its amount is $10,000.

The Pulitzer Prize was funded by an investment fund created after the publisher's death. In 1970, another foundation was created, which managed to attract additional donations to pay for the awards of this prestigious prize.

When presenting the Pulitzer Prize, the category “For Service to the Public” is especially recognized. In addition to the monetary reward, the nominee is also awarded a gold medal. The award is given "for an exceptional example of worthy service to society."

The number of awards has increased over the years. In 1922, a prize for the best caricature appeared. In 1942, an award for the best photograph was added. Since 1943, the list of nominees has been replenished with music composers. In 1999, the “Investigative Journalism” nomination was created. In 2006, they began to hold a competition among online content. Since 2009, the Pulitzer Prize has been awarded to journalists for materials published in printed publications, and for publications on the Internet.

Currently, the prize is awarded in 25 categories, 14 of which are related to journalism.

The literary prize is awarded in 6 categories:

“For a fiction book written by an American writer, preferably about America”;

"For a book on the history of the United States";

"For a biography or autobiography of an American author";

"For a poem";

"For non-fiction";

"For the best drama." In 1920, 1941, 1946, 1954, 1964, 1971 and 1974 it was not awarded to anyone, since the jury did not identify a single worthy literary work.

The prizes are awarded by Columbia University in New York on the nomination of the Pulitzer Committee. It consists of 19 experts - five publishers, six editors, six academics, including the university president and dean of the journalism department, one columnist and the award administrator.

Who decides on awarding the prize? Who was the first Pulitzer Prize winner?

The first laureate of the prize in 1917 was the American journalist Herbert Bayard. He was awarded a prestigious prize for his New York World series "Inside the German Empire."

Who received the award in 2014?

In April 2014, in New York, journalists from the Guardian and the Washington Post received prestigious awards in the category “For Service to the Public” for their revealing materials about the illegal collection of data by American intelligence agencies.

Two Reuters correspondents also won the Pulitzer Prize for International Journalism for their reporting on the persecution of the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar.

The Boston Globe team received the Breaking News award for their reporting from the scene in Boston during the terrorist attack.

Donna Tartt won the Literary Award for Fiction for her novel The Goldfinch.

In the dramaturgy category: Annie Baker for her play “The Flick.”

American composer John Luther Adams received the Pulitzer for his orchestral work Become Ocean.

Who else was among the Pulitzer Prize winners?

Over the years, the winners of the literary Pulitzer Prize have been Ernest Hemingway (“The Old Man and the Sea”), Harper Lee (“To Kill a Mockingbird”), William Faulkner (“Parable”), Tennessee Williams (“A Streetcar Named Desire”), Arthur Miller (“ Death of a Salesman), Margaret Mitchell ("Gone with the Wind"), John Updike (for the novels "Rabbit Got Rich" and "Rabbit Got Calm").

The Pulitzer Prizes in Music have been awarded to Wynton Marsalis (1997), George Gershwin (1998), Duke Ellington (1999), and Kevin Pats (2012).

The award for the best photograph over the years went to Don Bartletti for a series of photographs of people trying to leave Central America for the United States, Harry Trask for a series of photographs of the sinking Italian liner Andrea Doria, taken 9 minutes before it went under water, Alexander Zemlyanichenko for a photograph of Boris Yeltsin dancing at a pre-election concert, William Gallagher for a photograph of the holey shoe of US presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson, Stan Grossfeld for a series of photographs of the famine in Ethiopia, etc.

Pulitzer Prize Winners in Photography:

2015 Pulitzer Prize Winner Daniel Berehulak, Freelance Photographer The New York Times.
The prize recognizes his fearless and breathtaking photography of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.

This year, Tyler Hicks and Josh Haner received the Pulitzer Prize, one of the most prestigious awards for photojournalists.

Josh Haner received a nomination in the special photography category for his series of images that tell the story of Jeff Baum - one of the victims of the Boston bombings - who lost both of his legs and is now trying to return to normal life.

A team of photographers from the Associated Press was recognized as the best in the category "Main News Photography." We are talking about a work that covered the Syrian Civil War. The agency's team of photographers, who focused on the 2-year conflict, included: Rodrigo Abd, Manu Brabo, Khalil Hamra, Muhammed Muheisen and Narciso Contreras.

A woman named Aida is crying. She was seriously injured after the Syrian military shelled her home in Idlib. Northern Syria, March 10, 2012. Aida's husband and their two children were killed during the attack. Photographer Rodrigo Abd-AP.

Massoud Husseini - Crying girl among those killed in Kabul.

2011

Barbara Davidson for her series of photographs of innocent victims of urban shootings between rival gangs

Damon Winter for a series of photographs of Barack Obama's presidential campaign

Renee Baer (The Sacramento Bee) for her photo of a single mother and her son losing their battle with cancer

Oded Balilty for his photograph of the confrontation between troops and residents of the West Bank

Dianne Fitzmaurice ( San Francisco Chronicle for a photo of an Iraqi boy injured in an explosion.

David Leeson and Cheryl Diaz Meyer for their series of photographs about the Iraq War

Don Bartletti (Los Angeles Times) for a series of photographs of young people trying to leave Central America for the northern United States and facing mortal danger

Matt Rainey (Star-Ledger) for his photo series about two friends injured in a dorm fire

Carol Guzy, Michael Williamson and Lucien Perkins (Washington Post) for their photo series on Kosovo refugees

Associated Press team for photographs of the Monica Lewinsky scandal

Clarence Williams (LA Times) for a series of photographs of children of drug-addicted parents

1997

Alexander Zemlyanichenko (AP) for a photograph of Boris Yeltsin dancing at a pre-election concert

1996

Stephanie Welsh for her photo series from Kenya on female circumcision

Associated Press team for its work in Rwanda

Kevin Carter for his photo of a starving child with a vulture watching him. After accusations that the photographer did not help the child, Carter committed suicide.

John Kaplan for his series of photographs depicting the 21-year-old generation

Stan Grossfeld for his photo series of the Ethiopian famine

James Dickman for a series of photographs about life and death in El Salvador

John White for a series of photographs about life

Taro Yamasaki for photographs of the Michigan prison

Jahangir Razmi for the photo of the firing squad in Iran

Stanley Forman for his series of photographs of the 1975 Boston Fire

Rocco Morabito for his photo “Kiss of Life,” in which one worker saves another after an electric shock by giving him CPR and cardiac massage right on the pole. The worker survived.

Jack Thornell for the photograph taken immediately after the shooting of James Meredith, a civil rights activist.

Harry Trask for a series of photographs of the sinking Italian liner Andrea Doria, taken 9 minutes before it went under water

William Gallagher for his photograph of US presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson's holey shoe. Stevenson lost to Eisenhower

1949

Nathaniel Fain for his photograph of baseball player Babe Ruth's final public appearance. Two months later the athlete died of cancer

Earl Bunker for his photograph of the head of the family returning home to a small town in southeastern Nebraska

TASS DOSSIER. On April 18, the winners of the 100th Pulitzer Prize were announced at Columbia University, New York, USA. One of them was Russian photographer Sergei Ponomarev.

The Pulitzer Prize is a prestigious American award in the fields of journalism, literature and music. Awarded annually since 1917, currently in 21 categories. 20 winners receive $10 thousand each, the laureate in the category “For service to society” (this can only be an organization, and not an individual author) is awarded a gold medal.

The winners for the previous calendar year are usually announced in April, and the awards ceremony takes place in May at a traditional gala dinner at the Columbia University Library.

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The prize was established by the American journalist and publisher of Hungarian origin Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911). In 1904, he made a will in which he donated $2 million to Columbia University. Most of this money was intended to create a specialized educational institution for journalists, a quarter of the amount - for the presentation of prizes and scholarships in the field of literature, journalism and educational activities. After Pulitzer's death in 1912, the School of Journalism at Columbia University was created. The first Pulitzer Prize was awarded in four categories (reporting, editorial, US history, and biography) on June 4, 1917.

The list of categories in which the Pulitzer Prize is awarded has changed several times. Currently, 14 awards are awarded in the field of journalism (in various genres of news, for outstanding investigation, essay, commentary, etc.; for cartoons, for news and art photography, “For service to society”) and 7 awards in the field of literature and music (for fiction and non-fiction works, biography, book on US history, poetry collection, dramatic and musical works).

Award procedure

The Pulitzer Prize in Literature and Music is open only to citizens of the United States (except for the US History Book category). Journalism nominees and winners can come from any country, but their work must be published in a U.S. media outlet (print or online publication published at least once a week).

To be considered for a Pulitzer Prize, an author must submit his or her work to a panel of judges. The cost of nomination for the award is $50. Since 2011, work is accepted only in in electronic format. Every year, more than 3 thousand works are nominated for the award.

Three finalists from all applications in each category are selected in the first stage by 20 judging panels consisting of a total of 102 members. There is a single commission for nominations in the field of photography.

The finalists are chosen by a majority vote of the Pulitzer Prize Board at a closed meeting in early April. This body usually consists of about 20 members: heads of well-known media, publishers, journalists, writers, scientists, etc. The Council may decide not to award awards in any of the categories, and it may also award special prizes outside existing categories.

Laureates

Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in different time Many famous American writers and poets became: Margaret Mitchell, Thornton Wilder, John Steinbeck, Upton Sinclair, Wysten Hugh Auden, Robert Penn Warren, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Harper Lee, Norman Mailer, John Updike, etc. They received the award four times each. poet Robert Frost, playwrights Eugene O'Neill and Robert Sherwood. The first and to date only US president to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize was John Kennedy (award for 1957 for his autobiography Profiles in Courage).

Russian laureates

In addition to the 2016 laureate Sergei Ponomarev, Russians have received the Pulitzer Prize twice. In 1992, awards in the category “Best Reportage Photography” were awarded to Alexander Zemlyanichenko and Boris Yurchenko (as part of the Associated Press team for reporting on political events in the USSR in August 1991). In 1997, Alexander Zemlyanichenko received second prize in the category " Best Photo"for a photograph of Russian President Boris Yeltsin dancing at a pre-election concert.

Biography of Sergei Ponomarev

Graduated from Moscow State University them. M.V. Lomonosov (M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University) and the Academy of Labor and social relations(Moscow).

From 2003 to 2012, he worked as a photojournalist for the Moscow bureau of the American news agency Associated Press. Since 2013, he has been collaborating with The New York Times (USA).

In 2009, he became one of the founders of the thematic club for photojournalism lovers, Motion Photojournalism Club. Its first meeting took place at the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov and was dedicated to the work of photojournalists in hot spots.

Sergei Ponomarev's works have been awarded a number of prestigious awards in the field of photojournalism. In 2005, he took first place in the “operational photo report” category at the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar competition for a series of photographs about the terrorist seizure of a school in the city. Beslan (North Ossetia) in September 2004

In 2008, for a series of photographs about illegal mines in Kyrgyzstan, he received first place in the “news photo report” category at the International Photography Awards (USA).

In 2011, he took two first and one second places at the All-Russian photo competition "Sports Russia".

In 2012 he received the Grand Prix "Photography of the Year" of the Russian open national award "Best Photographer". Ponomarev received the award from a photograph from the series “The Fall of Tripoli,” in which Libyan rebels played tic-tac-toe with tracer and conventional bullets. In the same year, for the series “The Fall of Tripoli” he received a bronze medal at the Prix de la Photographie (France) competition in the “professional war photography” category. At the same time, at the China International Press Photo Contest held in China, he was awarded a silver medal in the “science and technology” category.

In 2015, he won the World Press Photo international photojournalism competition, receiving third place in the general news category for a series of photographs from the Gaza Strip (Palestine), which he did for The New York Times.

In 2016, he won first place in the World Press Photo category for general news for his photo report on the refugee crisis in Europe for The New York Times.

On April 18, 2016, Ponomarev won the Pulitzer Prize in the category “operational photographic information.” He, along with Mauricio Lima, Tyler Hicks and Daniel Etter, produced a story for The New York Times addressing the issue of , who attempted to cross the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe during 2015.

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