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Trivia quiz: name the writers who have won the Pulitzer Price for Fiction more than once. -- nm

Posted by Max Jun 25 '15, 08:48

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Here's the third name - Max Jun 25, 09:18 3
- (this came up because I have a 1915 copy of one of his other novels, which I'm going to recycle because it's only worth a couple bucks) -- nm - Max Jun 25, 09:21
- I'm like 70% sure you're making this dude up. -- nm - David Jun 25, 09:20 1
  - I wouldn't think a former football player could complete a full sentence much less write novels after all those concussions -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 25, 12:45
Toni Morrison -- nm - Baron Bing Bong Jun 25, 09:10 2
- once -- nm - Max Jun 25, 09:17 1
  - Fie and foo! -- nm - Baron Bing Bong Jun 25, 09:17
EL James -- nm - jangles Jun 25, 09:01 7
- none -- nm - Max Jun 25, 09:05 6
  - how many authors have done it, in total? -- nm - jangles Jun 25, 09:06 5
    - three, Faulkner and Updike named so far. -- nm - Max Jun 25, 09:06 4
      - Salinger, Roth, Pynchon -- nm - jangles Jun 25, 09:08 3
        
        none, once, none despite the 1974 unanimous recommendation -- nm - Max Jun 25, 09:10 2
        
        someone obscure like John Barth? or his nemesis, Gore Vidal? -- nm - jangles Jun 25, 09:18 1
        
        none, none -- nm - Max Jun 25, 09:18
Faulkner? -- nm - Diva Jun 25, 08:59 1
- twice (second time posthumous) -- nm - Max Jun 25, 09:05
Hemingway? -- nm - Krusty Jun 25, 08:54 12
- almost, but his 1941 award was overturned -- nm - Max Jun 25, 09:06 8
  - For being a true story? ;-) -- nm - Krusty Jun 25, 09:11
  - The fiction jury had recommended the 1941 award go to Ernest Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls. Although the Pulitzer Board initially agreed - Max Jun 25, 09:08 6
    - I wonder if it would ever get reinstated? -- nm - Roger More Jun 25, 09:13
    - Makes sense. *smh* -- nm - Krusty Jun 25, 09:11
    - wait is that the only overturning? ever? -- nm - amanda Jun 25, 09:11 3
      - overturned really means the committee said "give the award" and the board said "um, no award this year." 1941, 1957, 1971, 1974, 1977 -- nm - Max Jun 25, 09:16
      - Because I'm brave enough to click Max's link, 1957, 1974 and 1977 (books inside) - Roger More Jun 25, 09:16 1
        
        Those are the times when no award was given - but there've been others where the fiction committee made a recommendation and the board chose another w - Roger More Jun 25, 09:17
- Mailer? -- nm - Krusty Jun 25, 08:54 2
  - This was going to be my guess. -- nm - David Jun 25, 09:07
  - once -- nm - Max Jun 25, 09:06
Steinbeck, Updike? -- nm - prayformojo Jun 25, 08:49 1
- once, twice -- nm - Max Jun 25, 08:51

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