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Pulitzer
(ˈpjuːlɪtzə(r); in U.S. also ˈpʊlɪtzə(r))
[Name of J. Pulitzer (1847–1911), Amer. journalist.]
Designating any of several annual awards for distinguished work in journalism, letters, and music produced or published in the U.S. Also ellipt.
1918N.Y. Times 3 June 9/7 The annual Pulitzer Prize of $1,000 for the best play written and produced by an American playwright in 1917..awarded to Jesse Lynch Williams for his comedy, ‘Why Marry?’ 1934[see creative a. 1 b]. 1941B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? i. 20 Sammy was staring..at George Opdyke, the three-time Pulitzer Prize winner. 1955G. Greene Quiet American i. iii. 38 Why, that account of Road 66..that was worthy of the Pulitzer. 1962Publishers' Weekly 26 Mar. 16 Pulitzer..pronounced..‘pullitzer’—not, as so many people say, ‘pewlitzer’. 1971R. A. Carter Manhattan Primitive (1972) xiii. 121 The museum's sponsors—a famous concert musician, a film actress, and a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist. 1972R. Ludlum Osterman Weekend iii. 52 You were quite successful as an investigative reporter... You were nominated for a Pulitzer, I believe. 1977Time 31 Oct. 28/1 One..led last year to a Pulitzer-prizewinning photograph of a woman and a little girl plummeting from a collapsed fire escape. |