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"The power to mold the future of the republic will be in the hands of the journalists of future generations."  ~ Joseph Pulitzer

Born in Mako, Hungary, newspaper tycoon Joseph Pulitzer (1847–1911) helped set the standard for modern journalism.

The famed publisher is best known for his endowment of the annual Pulitzer Prizes, first awarded in 1917, which honor excellence in American journalism, drama, music, and literature. 

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Amy Lowell

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Marianne Moore
Toni Morrison

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Anna Quindlen
Anne Sexton
Barbara Tuchman
Alice Walker
Eudora Welty
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Roger Ebert
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Ira Gershwin
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John F. Kennedy

Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr.
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William Safire
Carl Sagan
Carl Sandburg
John Steinbeck
Wallace Stevens
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Stephen Sondheim
William Styron

John Updike
Robert Penn Warren
Thornton Wilder
Tennessee Williams
William Carlos Williams

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