Sanaz Toossi’s play 'English” won for drama.

The Pulitzer for music was given to Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels for the opera 'Omar,” about an Islamic scholar captured and sold into slavery. 'His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice,” by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa, won for general nonfiction, and Jefferson Cowie’s 'Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power” was honored for history. Edgar Hoover, was given the Pulitzer for biography. Beverly Gage’s 'G-Man,” her widely acclaimed book on longtime FBI leader J. Several works with racial themes were honored Monday. 'I couldn’t be happier (about the Pulitzer) for this reason. 'I wrote this book for my people because we are so invisible to the rest of the world and so persistently misrepresented,” Kingsolver said. The author herself is a longtime resident of Appalachia who currently lives on a farm in southwestern Virginia, and set 'Demon Copperhead” close by. Kingsolver, speaking by phone on Monday, said she regards the Pulitzer as an affirmation not just of her novel, but of a misunderstood and overlooked part of the country. Kingsolver’s novel, the story of a young boy’s struggles and persistence as he grows up in southern Appalachia, was chosen by Oprah Winfrey last fall for her book club and named by The Washington Post as a top release of 2022. 'Trust” won the Kirkus Prize for fiction, was on the long list for the Booker Prize and was named by The New York Times and The Washington Post as one of the year’s best books. The two winners were among the most talked about literary works of 2022. The second-generation Italian immigrant tasked with recording his life story.Īnd the writer who observes them from afar.NEW YORK: The Pulitzer Prize for fiction was awarded on Monday to two class-conscious novels: 'Demon Copperhead,” Barbara Kingsolver’s modern recasting of the Dickens classic 'David Copperfield,” and Hernan Diaz’s 'Trust,” an innovative narrative of wealth and deceit set in 1920s New York. The legendary Wall Street tycoon whose immense wealth gives him the power to do almost anything. Trust: Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2022 Hernan Diaz € 20.99 This item arrived at our Amsterdam store within the past 8 weeks If not in stock, the expected delivery time to our store for this item will be 3-5 working days.Ĭan one person change the course of history?Ī sweeping, breathtakingly ambitious novel about power, wealth and truth, told by four unique, interlocking voices and set against the backdrop of turbulent 1920s New York.

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