Pulitzer Prize Winners | Institute of International Education

Year	Pulitzer Prize Winner	Category	IIE Experience

2001	Paul Salopek	International Reporting	Mexico-U.S. Journalists Exchange, 1990
2000	Bruce Bissell Finley	Breaking News Reporting	Fulbright Scholar, University of Lancaster, 1984-85
1999	Mark Strand	Poetry	Fulbright Lecturer, Brazil, 1965-66; Fulbright Scholar, Italy, 1960-61
1998	Paul Salopek	Explanatory Reporting	Mexico-U.S. Journalists Exchange, 1990
1998	Aaron Jay Kernis	Music	Pew Fund for U.S. Artists
1998	Charles Wright	Poetry	Fulbright Scholar, 1963-65; Fulbright Professor, University of Padua, Italy, 1968-69
1996	George Walker	Music	Fulbright Fellow, 1957
1995	Doris Kearns Goodwin	History	Fulbright Fellow, 1966
1994	Eric Freedman	Beat Reporting	Fulbright Senior Lecturer, Uzbekistan, 2002
1992	Robert Schenkkan	Drama	Ford Travel and Study Grantee, U.S. to Italy, 1962-63
1992	Jane Smiley	Fiction	Fulbright Grantee, Iceland, 1976-77
1992	Wayne Peterson	Music	Fulbright Scholar, Royal Academy of Music, 1953-54
1991	John Updike	Fiction	Fulbright
1990	Allan Temko	Criticism	U.S. to France, 1952-53
1990	Sebastian De Grazia	Biography or Autobiography	Fulbright Professor
1990	Charles Simic	Poetry	Fulbright Travelling Fellow, 1982
1989	Roger Reynolds	Music	Fulbright Scholar
1988	David Herbert Donald	Biography or Autobiography	Fulbright Lecturer, University College North Wales, 1953-54
1987	Peter Taylor	Fiction	Fulbright, 1955
1987	Rita Dove	Poetry	Fulbright/Hays fellow, 1974-75
1986	Joseph Lelyveld	General Non-Fiction	Fulbright, U.S. to Burma, 1960-61
1983	Galway Kinnell	Poetry	Fulbright Scholar, 1955-56; Fulbright Lecturer, University of Iran, 1959-60
1982	Martin Bernheimer	Criticism	U.S. to Germany, 1958-59
1982	John Updike	Fiction	Fulbright
1982	Roger Sessions	Music	Fulbright
1982	Sylvia Plath	Poetry	Fulbright to England, 1955-57
1978	Meg Greenfield	Editorial Writing	Fulbright Scholar, Newnham College and Cambridge University, England, 1952-53
1976	Alan M. Kriegsman	Criticism	Fulbright Scholar University of Vienna, Austria, 1956-57
1976	R.W.B. Lewis	Biography or Autobiography	Fulbright Lecturer, University of Munich, 1957-58
1976	Ned Rorem	Music	Fulbright Fellow, France, 1951-52
1976	John Ashbery	Poetry	Fulbright Scholar, France, 1955-57
1975	Dominick Argento	Music	Fulbright, U.S. to Italy, 1951-52
1974	Hedrick Smith	International Reporting	Fulbright Scholar, Balliol College, England, 1955-56
1974	Daniel J. Boorstin	History	Fulbright Lecturer, University of Rome, Italy, 1950; Kyoto University, Japan, 1957
1974	Donald Martino	Music	Fulbright, Italy, 1954-56
1974	Roger Sessions	Special Awards and Citations - Music	Fulbright
1973	Eudora Welty	Fiction	Fulbright
1972	Jacob Druckman	Music	Fulbright, 1954
1972	James Wright	Poetry	Fulbright, U.S. to Austria, 1952-53
1970	Ada Louise Huxtable	Criticism	Fulbright Fellow, Italy, 1950- 52
1970	Richard Howard	Poetry
1969	Paul Greenberg	Editorial Writing	Fulbright Fellow, 1985
1969	Benjamin L. Reid	Biography or Autobiography	Fulbright Research Grantee, 1963-64
1968	George Crumb	Music	Fulbright Fellow, Hochschule für Musik, Berlin, Germany, 1955-56
1968	Anthony Hecht	Poetry	Fulbright Professor, Brazil, 1971
1967	David Brion Davis	General Non-Fiction	Fulbright Lecturer, India, 1967; Fulbright Lecturer, Israel, Holland, Italy, 1981
1966	Leslie Bassett	Music	Fulbright Fellow, 1950-51
1965	Ernest Samuels	Biography or Autobiography	Fulbright Lecturer, Belgium, 1958-59
1961	David Herbert Donald	Biography or Autobiography	Fulbright Lecturer, University College North Wales, 1953-54
1949	Roy Franklin Nichols	History	Fulbright Lecturer, India and Japan, 1962
1949	Peter Viereck	Poetry	Fulbright Professor, University of Florence, Italy, 1954-56
1945	Aaron Copland	Music	Fulbright
1944	Carleton Mabee	Biography or Autobiography	Fulbright Professor, Keio University, Tokyo, 1953-54
1943	George Weller	Reporting	IIE, U.S. to Austria, 1930-31

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