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Winners of a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation
This special prize has been awarded intermittently since 1930 for lifetime achievement or for some distinctive contribution to American culture not adequately covered by the regular Pulitzer categories.
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Art Spiegelman (born 1948)
American cartoonist.
- 1992 recipient of a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, for Maus
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Byron Price
American newspaper man. Executive news editor of the Associated Press, 1937-41; U.S. director of censorship, 1941-45.
- 1944 recipient of a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation
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Cyrus L. Sulzberger
- 1951 recipient of a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation
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Elwyn Brooks ''E.B.'' White (born 1899, died 1985)
American essayist and children's writer.
- 1978 recipient of a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation
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Edward Kennedy ''Duke'' Ellington (born 1899, died 1974)
American jazz musician.
- 1999 Pulitzer Special Award winner in commemoration of the centenial of his birth in recognition of his musical genius
- 1999 Pulitzer Special Award winner in commemoration of the centenial of his birth in recognition of his musical genius
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Frank Diehl Fackenthal
- 1948 recipient of a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation
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Garrett Mattingly
- 1960 recipient of a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, for The Armada
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James T. Flexner
- 1973 recipient of a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, for his biography of George Washington
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John Hohenberg
- 1976 recipient of a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation
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Joseph Pulitzer, Jr.
- 1987 recipient of a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation
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Kenneth Roberts (born 1885, died 1957)
American journalist and historical novelist.
- 1957 recipient of a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation
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Lester Markel
- 1951 recipient of a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation
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Max Kase
- 1952 recipient of a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation
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Oscar Hammerstein
- 1944 recipient of a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, for Oklahoma!
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Richard Lee Strout (born 1898, died 1990)
American journalist.
- 1978 recipient of a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation
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Richard Rodgers (born 1902, died 1979)
American composer.
- 1944 recipient of a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, for Oklahoma!
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Theodore Seuss Geisel (born 1904)
American children's author better known by the pseudonym Dr. Seuss.
- 1984 recipient of a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation
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William Schuman (born 1910, died 1992)
American composer and educator.
- 1985 recipient of a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation
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Alex Haley (born 1921, died 1992)
American journalist and author. Best known for Roots, a historical novel recounting an ancestor's sale into slavery and following the family fortunes up to modern times.
- 1977 recipient of a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, for Roots
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Herb Caen
American journalist.
- 1996 recipient of a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation
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Lewis Spratlan
- 2000 Pulitzer Winner in Music
Winners of a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation
This special prize has been awarded intermittently since 1930 for lifetime achievement or for some distinctive contribution to American culture not adequately covered by the regular Pulitzer categories.
