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Kraus's Single-Sentence Novel Wins Pulitzer
4 May
Summary
- Daniel Kraus won for 'Angel Down,' a novel told in one sentence.
- Bess Wohl's play 'Liberation' received the drama prize for its feminist themes.
- Jill Lepore's history of the US Constitution also earned a Pulitzer.
Pulitzer Prize officials have announced this year's distinguished recipients, celebrating a diverse range of literary and dramatic achievements. Daniel Kraus earned the fiction award for his novel 'Angel Down,' a compelling World War I narrative remarkable for being told in one continuous sentence. This stylistic tour-de-force was praised for blending genres effectively.
The drama prize recognized Bess Wohl's 'Liberation,' a play delving into the feminist consciousness-raising groups of the 1970s. It tackles themes of misogyny, homophobia, and gender roles, navigating between past and present.
In history, Jill Lepore's 'We the People: A History of the US Constitution' was honored. Amanda Vaill's 'Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution' secured the biography prize.
Further accolades included Yiyun Li's 'Things in Nature Merely Grow' for memoir-autobiography and Brian Goldstone's 'There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America' for general nonfiction. The poetry prize went to Juliana Spahr's 'Ars Poeticas,' and Gabriela Lena Frank received the music award for her symphonic work 'Picaflor: A Future Myth.'
