The author joins Booth Tarkington, William Faulkner, and John Updike in this exclusive club.
Colson Whiteheadis now the fourth author in history to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction twice.
Whitehead joins Booth Tarkington,William Faulkner, andJohn Updikein this exclusive club.
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In a split second, your life can change."
Whitehead previously won for 2016’sThe Underground Railroad,which was a veritable literary phenomenon.
EW also named it number two onour list of top books of 2019.
In fact, only two of the previous 11 winners in this category identify as women.
See the other2020 Pulitzer Prize winners.
