{"title":"Pulitzer Prize","description":"The \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePulitzer Prize\u003c\/b\u003e is an award for achievements in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Newspaper\" title=\"Newspaper\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Newspaper\"\u003enewspaper\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Magazine\" title=\"Magazine\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Magazine\"\u003emagazine\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Online_journalism\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Online journalism\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Online_journalism\"\u003eonline journalism\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Literature\" title=\"Literature\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Literature\"\u003eliterature\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Musical_composition\" title=\"Musical composition\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Musical_composition\"\u003emusical composition\u003c\/a\u003e within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_Pulitzer\" title=\"Joseph Pulitzer\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_Pulitzer\"\u003eJoseph Pulitzer\u003c\/a\u003e, who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher, and is administered by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Columbia_University\" title=\"Columbia University\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Columbia_University\"\u003eColumbia University\u003c\/a\u003e. Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one categories. 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