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Many people have won more than one Pulitzer Prize. Nelson Harding is the only person to have received a prize in two consecutive years, the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in 1927 and 1928. American poet Robert Frost received the Pulitzer Prize four times from 1924 to 1943. William Allen White received the Pulitzer Prize twice but in two different categories: Journalism in 1923 for an editorial writing and posthumously in 1947 in the category Books, Drama, and Music for his autobiography.
Arts & Letters
- Four prizes
- Robert Frost, Poetry
- Eugene O'Neill, Drama
- Robert E. Sherwood, Drama (3) and Biography
- Three prizes
- Edward Albee, Drama
- Archibald MacLeish, Poetry (2) and Drama
- Edwin Arlington Robinson, Poetry (3)
- Carl Sandburg, Poetry (2) and History
- Robert Penn Warren, Poetry (2) and Fiction
- Thornton Wilder, Drama (2) and the Novel
- Two prizes
- Bernard Bailyn, History
- Samuel Barber, Music Composition
- Walter Jackson Bate, Biography
- Stephen Vincent Benét, Poetry
- Samuel Flagg Bemis, History and Biography
- Robert Caro, Biography
- Elliott Carter, Music Composition
- David Herbert Donald, Biography
- Horst Faas, Photography
- William Faulkner, Fiction
- Douglas Southall Freeman, Biography
- Burton J. Hendrick, Biography
- Richard Hofstadter, History
- Paul Horgan, History
- Marquis James, Biography
- George S. Kaufman, Drama (both shared)
- Margaret Leech, History
- David Levering Lewis, Biography
- Robert Lowell, Poetry
- Norman Mailer, Fiction and Nonfiction
- David McCullough, Biography
- Gian Carlo Menotti, Music Composition
- William S. Merwin, Poetry
- Samuel Eliot Morison, Biography
- Allan Nevins, Biography
- Lynn Nottage, Drama
- Walter Piston, Music Composition
- T. J. Stiles, Biography, History
- Booth Tarkington, Novel
- Alan Taylor, History
- Barbara W. Tuchman, Nonfiction
- John Updike, Fiction
- Colson Whitehead, Fiction
- Richard Wilbur, Poetry
- Tennessee Williams, Drama
- August Wilson, Drama
- E. O. Wilson, Nonfiction
Journalism
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- Four prizes
- Carol Guzy, Photojournalism, various subcategories
- David Barstow, Investigative Reporting (2), Public Service and Explanatory Reporting
- Three prizes
- Adnan Abidi, Photojournalism, Various Categories
- Walt Bogdanich, Specialized Reporting, National Reporting, Investigative Reporting
- Paul Conrad, Editorial Cartooning
- Edmund Duffy, Editorial Cartooning
- Thomas Friedman, International Reporting (2) and Commentary
- Herblock, Editorial Cartooning
- Rollin Kirby, Editorial Cartooning
- David D. Kirkpatrick, National and International Reporting, Public Service
- Jeff MacNelly, Editorial Cartooning
- William Snyder, Photojournalism, various subcategories
- Two prizes
- Rebecca Ballhaus, National Reporting and Investigative Reporting
- Hal Bernton, Public Service and Breaking News[1]
- Homer Bigart, International Reporting
- Steve Breen, Editorial Cartooning
- Kim Christensen, Investigative Reporting and Public Service[2]
- John Fisher Burns, International Reporting
- Steve Coll, Explanatory Reporting and General Non-fiction
- Jay Norwood "Ding" Darling, Editorial Cartooning
- Hannah Dreier, Feature Writing and Investigative Reporting
- Nariman El-Mofty, Photojournalism
- James V. Risser, National Reporting
- Daniel R. Fitzpatrick, Editorial Cartooning
- Jon Franklin, Feature Writing and Explanatory Reporting
- Walt Handelsman, Editorial Cartooning
- Nelson Harding, Editorial Cartooning (consecutive)
- Tyler Hicks, Breaking News Photography
- David Horsey, Editorial Cartooning
- Nicholas Kristof, International Reporting and Commentary
- Anthony Lewis, National Reporting
- Mike Luckovich, Editorial Cartooning
- Bill Mauldin, Editorial Cartooning
- Gene Miller, Investigative Reporting
- Jim Morin, Editorial Cartooning
- Wesley Morris, Criticism
- Larry C. Price, Photography
- Michael Ramirez, Editorial Cartooning
- Richard Read, Explanatory Reporting and Public Service
- Andrew Schneider, Specialized Reporting and Public Service
- Anthony Shadid, International Reporting
- Vaughn Shoemaker, Editorial Cartooning
- Danish Siddiqui, Feature Photography
- Paul Szep, Editorial Cartooning
- Craig F. Walker, Photography
- Gene Weingarten, Feature Writing
- Don Wright, Editorial Cartooning
- Russell Baker, Commentary and Biography
- Martha Mendoza, Investigative Reporting
- John Carreyrou, Explanatory Reporting and Investigative Reporting
- Joby Warrick, Public Service and Nonfiction
- Jackie Crosby, Specialized Reporting and Breaking News (staff)
- Liz Balmaseda, Commentary and Breaking News (staff)
References
- Note: List from Pulitzer Prize page.
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