Pulitzer Prize
The following list displays previous winners of the Pulitzer Prize in Letters (Fiction) in the USA:
| Date | Author | Work |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Richard Russo | Empire Falls |
| 2001 | Michael Chabon | The Amazing Adventures of Kaualier & Clay |
| 2000 | Jhumpa Lahiri | Interpreter of Maladies |
| 1999 | Michael Cunningham | The Hours |
| 1998 | Philip Roth | American Pastoral |
| 1997 | Steven Millhauser | Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer |
| 1996 | Richard Ford | Independence Day |
| 1995 | Carol Shields | The Stone Diaries |
| 1994 | E Annie Proulx | The Shipping News |
| 1993 | Robert Olen Butler | A Good Scent From A Strange Mountain |
| 1992 | Jane Smiley | A Thousand Acres |
| 1991 | John Updike | Rabbit at Rest |
| 1990 | Oscar Hijuelos | The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love |
| 1989 | Anne Tyler | Breathing Lessons |
| 1988 | Toni Morrison | Beloved |
| 1987 | Peter Taylor | A Summons to Memphis |
| 1986 | Larry McMurtry | Lonesome Dove |
| 1985 | Alison Lurie | Foreign Affairs |
| 1984 | William Kennedy | Ironweed |
| 1983 | Alice Walker | The Color Purple |
| 1982 | John Updike | Rabbit is Rich |
