Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Jewish recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction documented in the ThankJews directory. Jews are about 13% of all recipients — while making up roughly 0.2% of the world's population.

13%of all recipients are Jewish

13 documented recipients

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Edna Ferber1885

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist ('So Big', 'Giant', 'Show Boat')

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Literature

Herman Wouk1915

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist ('The Caine Mutiny', 'The Winds of War')

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Literature

MacKinlay Kantor

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Bernard Malamud1914

American novelist ('The Fixer', 'The Natural')

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Literature

Saul Bellow1953

Novelist

Source: Nobel Prize Literature 1976

Norman Mailer1923

Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist ('The Naked and the Dead', 'The Executioner's Song')

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Literature

Alison Lurie

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Art Spiegelman1948

Graphic novelist, Pulitzer Prize for 'Maus'

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Literature

Steven Millhauser

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Philip Roth1959

Novelist

Source: American Pastoral

Michael Chabon1963

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist ('The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay')

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Literature

Geraldine Brooks1925

American film and stage actress of the 1940s and 1950s.

Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)

Joshua Cohen

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction