Pulitzer Prize Winning Plays and Playwrights The Pulitzer Prizes were created and funded by the publisher

of the New York World, Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911) The awards are ad!inistered by "olu!bia #ni$ersity and presented yearly by its president on the reco!!endation of the Pulitzer Prize %oard The award for dra!a is &i$en for an '!erican play( with preference &oin& to those wor)s that depict '!erican life *ears not listed in the list below indicate that no awards were !ade+ ,--.-,--4+ /oubtJohn Patrick Shanley ,--.-,--4+ 0 '! 1y 2wn 3ife Douglas Wright ,--,-,--.+ 'nna in the TropicsNilo Cruz ,--1-,--,+ Topdo&4#nderdo& Suzan-Lori Parks ,----,--1+ Proof David Auburn 1999-,---+ /inner 3ith 5riends Donald argulies 1998-99+ 3it( argaret !dson 1997-98+ 6ow 0 7earned to /ri$e( Paula "ogel 1998-97+ 9o award 199:-98+ ;ent( Jonathan Larson 1994-9:+ The *oun& 1an 5ro! 'tlanta by #orton $oote 199.-94+ Three Tall 3o!en by <dward 'lbee 199,-9.+ 'n&els in '!erica( %ony &ushner 1991-9,,+ The =entuc)y "ycle( 'obert Schenkkan 199--91+ 7ost in *on)ers( Neil Si(on 1989-9-+ The Piano 7esson( August Wilson 1988-89+ The 6eidi "hronicles( Wendy Wasserstein 1987-88+ /ri$in& 1iss /aisy( Al)red *hry 1988-87+ 5ences( August Wilson 198:-88+ 9o award 1984-8::+ >unday in the Par) 3ith ?eor&e( Ja(es La+ine 198.-84+ ?len&arry ?len ;oss( David a(et 198,-8.+ 9i&ht( 1other( arsha Nor(an 1981-8,+ ' >oldier@s Play( Charles $uller 198--81+ "ri!es of the 6eart( ,eth #enley 1979-8-+ Talley@s 5olly( Lan)ord Wilson 1978-79+ %uried "hild( Sa( She+ard 1977-78+ The ?in ?a!e( Donald L- Coburn 1978-77+ The >hadow %oA( ichael Cristo)er 197:-78+ ' "horus 7ine( Ja(es &irkwood and Nicholas Dante 1974-7:+ >eascape( !dward Albee 197.-74+ 9o award 197,-7.+ That "ha!pionship >eason( Jason iller 1971-7,+ 9o award 197--71+ The <ffect of ?a!!a ;ays on 1an-0n-The-1oon 1ari&olds( Paul .indel 1989-7-+ 9o Place to be >o!ebody( Charles /ordone 1988-89+ The ?reat 3hite 6ope( #oward Sackler 1988-87+ ' /elicate %alance( !dward Albee 198:-88+ 9o award 1984-8::+ The >ubBect 3as ;oses( $rank D- /ilroy

198.-84+ 9o award 198,-8.+ 9o award 1981-8,+ 6ow to >ucceed in %usiness 3ithout ;eally Tryin&( $rank Loesser0 Abe ,urrowsn0 3illie ?ilbert( Jac) 3einstoc) 198--81+ 'll the 3ay 6o!e( %ad osel 19:9-8-+ 5iorelloC( Jero(e Weid(an and /eorge Abbott 19:8-:9+ J % ( Archibald acLeish 19:7-:8+ 7oo) 6o!eward 'n&el( &etti $rings 19:8-:7+ 7on& /ay@s Journey into 9i&ht( !ugene 12Neill 19::-:8+ /iary of 'nne 5ran)( Albert #ackett and $rances /oodrich 19:4-::+ "at on a 6ot Tin ;oof( %ennessee Willia(s 19:.-:4+ The Teahouse of the 'u&ust 1oon( John Patrick 19:,-:.+ Picnic( Willia( 3nge 19:1-:,+ The >hri)er( Joseph Kramm 19:--:1+ 9o award 1949-:-+ >outh Pacific( by 'ichard 'odgers( 1scar #a((erstein 33 and Joshua Logan 1948-49+ /eath of a >ales!an( Arthur iller 1947-48+ ' >treetcar 9a!ed /esire( %ennessee Willia(s 194:-48+ >tate of the #nion( 'ussell Crouse and #oward Lindsay 1944-4:+ 6ar$ey( ary Chase 194.-44+ 9o award 194,-4.+ The >)in of 2ur Teeth( %hornton Wilder 1941-4,+ 9o award 194--41+ There >hall %e 9o 9i&ht( 'obert !- Sherwood 19.9-4-+ The Ti!e of *our 7ife( Willia( Saroyan (awarded but refused by the playwri&ht) 19.8-.9+ 'be 7incoln in 0llinois( 'obert !- Sherwood 19.7-.8+ 2ur Town( %hornton Wilder 19.8-.7+ *ou "an@t Ta)e 0t 3ith *ou( oss #art and /eorge S- &au)(an 19.:-.8+ 0diot@s /eli&ht( 'obert !- Sherwood 19.4-.:+ The 2ld 1aid( .oe Akins 19..-.4+ 1en in 3hite( Sidney &ingsley 19.,-..+ %oth *our 6ouses( a4well Anderson 19.1-.,+ 2f Thee 0 >in&( /eorge S- &au)(an( orrie 'yskind and 3ra /ershwin 19.--.1+ 'lison@s 6ouse( Susan /las+ell 19,9-.-+ The ?reen Pastures( arc Connelly 19,8-,9+ >treet >cene( !l(er L- 'ice 19,7-,8+ >tran&e 0nterlude( !ugene 12Neill 19,8-,7+ 0n 'braha!@s %oso!( Paul !- /reen 19,:-,8+ "rai&@s 3ife( /eorge &elly 19,4-,:+ They =new 3hat They 3anted( Sidney #oward 19,.-,4+ 6ell-%ent 5er 6ea$en( #atcher #ughes 19,,-,.+ 0cebound( 1wen Davis 19,1-,,+ 'nna "hristie( !ugene 12Neill 19,--,1+ 1iss 7ulu %ett( .ona /ale 1919-,-+ %eyond the 6orizon( !ugene 12Neill 1917-18+ 3hy 1arry( Jesse Lynch Willia(s