The Washington Post's David Fahrenthold (center) learns he won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting, surrounded by his colleagues in the newsroom Monday.
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 ChicagoTribune 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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