Prémio Pulitzer de Ficção

O Prémio Pulitzer de Ficção é um dos sete Prémios Pulizter americanos que é entregue anualmente nas áreas da Literatura, Teatro e Música. Reconhece a ficção excepcional de um escritor americano, que lide preferencialmente com a vida americana e que tenha sido publicada no ano precedente. Tal como o Prémio Pulitzer de Romance, este foi um Pulitzers originais, com o programa inaugurado em 1917 com sete prémios, quatro dos quais entregues nesse ano.^[1] (Não houve entrega do Prémio de Romance, por isso foi inaugurado em 1918).^[2]

Os finalistas são anunciados desde 1980, sendo geralmente dois para além do vencedor.^[2]

Vencedores

Nos 31 anos com o nome "Romance", o prémio foi entregue 27 vezes; nos primeiros 66 anos até 2013 com o nome "Ficção" 59 vezes. O prémio não foi entregue 11 vezes, incluindo no primeiro ano 1917, nunca tendo sido dividido.^[2] Três escritores venceram dois prémios cada na categoria de Ficção: Booth Tarkington, William Faulkner, e John Updike.

1910s

1917: não houve entrega do prémio
1918: His Family de Ernest Poole
1919: The Magnificent Ambersons de Booth Tarkington

1920s

1920: não houve entrega do prémio
1921: The Age of Innocence de Edith Wharton
1922: Alice Adams de Booth Tarkington
1923: One of Ours de Willa Cather
1924: The Able McLaughlins de Margaret Wilson
1925: So Big de Edna Ferber
1926: Arrowsmith de Sinclair Lewis (prémio recusado)
1927: Early Autumn de Louis Bromfield
1928: The Bridge of San Luis Rey de Thornton Wilder
1929: Scarlet Sister Mary de Julia Peterkin

1930s

1930: Laughing Boy de Oliver La Farge
1931: Years of Grace de Margaret Ayer Barnes
1932: The Good Earth de Pearl S. Buck
1933: The Store de Thomas Sigismund Stribling
1934: Lamb in His Bosom de Caroline Miller
1935: Now in November de Josephine Winslow Johnson
1936: Honey in the Horn de Harold L. Davis
1937: Gone with the Wind de Margaret Mitchell
1938: The Late George Apley de John Phillips Marquand
1939: The Yearling de Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

1940s

1940: The Grapes of Wrath de John Steinbeck
1941: não houve entrega do prémio^[3]
- For Whom The Bell Tolls de Ernest Hemingway
1942: In This Our Life de Ellen Glasgow
1943: Dragon's Teeth de Upton Sinclair
1944: Journey in the Dark de Martin Flavin
1945: A Bell for Adano de John Hersey
1946: não houve entrega do prémio
1947: All the King's Men de Robert Penn Warren
1948: Tales of the South Pacific de James A. Michener
1949: Guard of Honor de James Gould Cozzens

1950s

1950: The Way West de A. B. Guthrie, Jr.
1951: The Town de Conrad Richter
1952: The Caine Mutiny de Herman Wouk
1954: não houve entrega do prémio
1955: A Fable de William Faulkner
1956: Andersonville de MacKinlay Kantor
1957: não houve entrega do prémio^[4]
- The Voice At The Back Door de Elizabeth Spencer
1958: A Death in the Family de James Agee (entrega póstuma)
1959: The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters de Robert Lewis Taylor

1960s

1960: Advise and Consent de Allen Drury
1961: To Kill a Mockingbird de Harper Lee
1962: The Edge of Sadness de Edwin O'Connor
1963: The Reivers by William Faulkner (entrega póstuma)
1964: não houve entrega do prémio
1965: Os Guardas da Casa (no original The Keepers of the House) de Shirley Ann Grau
1966: The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter de Katherine Anne Porter
1967: The Fixer de Bernard Malamud
1968: The Confessions of Nat Turner de William Styron
1969: House Made of Dawn de N. Scott Momaday

1970s

1970: The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford de Jean Stafford
1971: não houve entrega do prémio^[5]
1972: Angle of Repose de Wallace Stegner
1973: The Optimist's Daughter de Eudora Welty
1974: não houve entrega do prémio^[6]
- Gravity's Rainbow de Thomas Pynchon
1975: The Killer Angels de Michael Shaara
1976: Humboldt's Gift de Saul Bellow
1977: não houve entrega do prémio^[7]
- A River Runs Through It de Norman MacLean
- Roots de Alex Haley (Prémio Pulitzer especial)
1978: Elbow Room de James Alan McPherson
1979: The Stories of John Cheever de John Cheever

1980s

Os registos a partir daqui incluem os finalistas listados após o vencedor de cada ano. .

1980: The Executioner's Song de Norman Mailer
- Birdy de William Wharton
- The Ghost Writer de Philip Roth
1981: Brasil: Uma Confraria de Tolos / Portugal: Uma Conspiração de Estúpidos de John Kennedy Toole (entrega póstuma)
- Godric de Frederick Buechner
- So Long, See You Tomorrow de William Keepers Maxwell Jr.
1982: Rabbit Is Rich de John Updike
- A Flag for Sunrise de Robert Stone
- Housekeeping de Marilynne Robinson
1983: The Color Purple de Alice Walker
- Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant de Anne Tyler
- Rabbis and Wives de Chaim Grade
1984: Ironweed de William Kennedy
- Cathedral de Raymond Carver
- The Feud de Thomas Berger
1985: Foreign Affairs de Alison Lurie
- I Wish This War Were Over de Diana O'Hehir
- Leaving the Land de Douglas Unger
1986: Lonesome Dove de Larry McMurtry
- The Accidental Tourist de Anne Tyler
- Continental Drift de Russell Banks
1987: A Summons to Memphis de Peter Taylor
- Paradise de Donald Barthelme
- Whites de Norman Rush
1988: Amada (Beloved) de Toni Morrison
- Persian Nights de Diane Johnson
- That Night de Alice McDermott
1989: Breathing Lessons de Anne Tyler
- Where I'm Calling From de Raymond Carver

1990s

1990: The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love de Oscar Hijuelos
- Billy Bathgate de E. L. Doctorow
1991: Rabbit at Rest de John Updike
- Mean Spirit de Linda Hogan
- The Things They Carried de Tim O'Brien
1992: A Thousand Acres de Jane Smiley
- Jernigan de David Gates
- Lila: An Inquiry into Morals de Robert M. Pirsig
- Mao II de Don DeLillo
1993: A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain de Robert Olen Butler
- At Weddings and Wakes de Alice McDermott
- Black Water de Joyce Carol Oates
1994: The Shipping News de E. Annie Proulx
- The Collected Stories of Reynolds Price de Reynolds Price
- Operation Shylock: A Confession de Philip Roth
1995: The Stone Diaries de Carol Shields
- The Collected Stories of Grace Paley de Grace Paley
- What I Lived For de Joyce Carol Oates
1996: Independence Day de Richard Ford
- Mr. Ives' Christmas de Oscar Hijuelos
- Sabbath's Theater de Philip Roth
1997: Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer de Steven Millhauser
- The Manikin de Joanna Scott
- Unlocking the Air and Other Stories de Ursula K. Le Guin
1998: Pastoral Americana (American Pastoral) de Philip Roth
- Bear and His Daughter: Stories de Robert Stone
- Underworld de Don DeLillo
1999: As Horas (The Hours) de Michael Cunningham
- Cloudsplitter de Russell Banks
- The Poisonwood Bible de Barbara Kingsolver

2000s

2000: Interpreter of Maladies de Jhumpa Lahiri
- Close Range: Wyoming Stories de Annie Proulx
- Waiting by Ha Jin
2001: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay de Michael Chabon
- Blonde de Joyce Carol Oates
- The Quick and the Dead de Joy Williams
2002: Empire Falls de Richard Russo
- The Corrections de Jonathan Franzen
- John Henry Days de Colson Whitehead
2003: Middlesex de Jeffrey Eugenides
- Servants of the Map: Stories de Andrea Barrett
- You Are Not a Stranger Here de Adam Haslett
2004: The Known World de Edward P. Jones
- American Woman de Susan Choi
- Evidence of Things Unseen de Marianne Wiggins
2005: Gilead de Marilynne Robinson
- An Unfinished Season de Ward Just
- War Trash de Ha Jin
2006: March (Brasil: O Senhor March) de Geraldine Brooks
- The Bright Forever de Lee Martin
- The March de E. L. Doctorow
2007: The Road de Cormac McCarthy
- After This de Alice McDermott
- The Echo Maker de Richard Powers
2008: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao de Junot Díaz
- Shakespeare's Kitchen de Lore Segal
- Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
2009: Olive Kitteridge de Elizabeth Strout
- All Souls de Christine Schutt
- The Plague of Doves de Louise Erdrich

2010s

2010: A Restauração das Horas (Tinkers) de Paul Harding
- In Other Rooms, Other Wonders de Daniyal Mueenuddin
- Love in Infant Monkeys de Lydia Millet
2011: A Visita Cruel do Tempo (A Visit From the Goon Squad) de Jennifer Egan
- The Privileges de Jonathan Dee
- The Surrendered de Chang-Rae Lee
2012: não houve entrega do prémio
- Train Dreams de Denis Johnson
- Swamplandia! de Karen Russell
- The Pale King de David Foster Wallace (nomeação póstuma)
2013: Jun Do (The Orphan Master's Son) de Adam Johnson
- What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank de Nathan Englander
- The Snow Child de Eowyn Ivey
2014: O Pintassilgo (The Goldfinch) de Donna Tartt
- The Son de Philipp Meyer
- The Woman Who Lost Her Soul de Bob Shacochis
2015: Toda Luz que Não Podemos Ver (All the Light We Cannot See) de Anthony Doerr
- Let Me Be Frank with You de Richard Ford
- The Moor's Account de Laila Lalami
- Lovely, Dark, Deep de Joyce Carol Oates
2016: O Simpatizante de Viet Thanh Nguyen^[8]
- Get in Trouble: Stories de Kelly Link
- Maud's Line de Margaret Verble
2017: The Underground Railroad: Os Caminhos para a Liberdade (The Underground Railroad) de Colson Whitehead
- Imagine Me Gone de Adam Haslett
- The Sport of Kings de C. E. Morgan
2018: As Desventuras de Arthur Less (Less) de Andrew Sean Greer
- In The Distance de Hernan Diaz
- The Idiot de Elif Batuman
2019: The Overstory de Richard Powers
- The Great Believers de Rebecca Makkai
- Lá Não Existe Lá (There There) de Tommy Orange

2020s

2020: O reformatório Nickel (The Nickel Boys) de Colson Whitehead
- The Dutch House de Ann Patchett
- The Topeka School de Ben Lerner
2021: The Night Watchman de Louise Erdrich
- A Registry of My Passage Upon the Earth de Daniel Mason
- Telephone de Percival Everett

Vencedores recorrentes

Três pessoas venceram o Prémio Pulizer duas vezes, uma nominalmente em Romance e duas em Ficção.

Booth Tarkington, 1919, 1922
William Faulkner, 1955, 1963 (póstumo)
John Updike, 1982, 1991

Ernest Hemingway foi seleccionado pelos júris de 1941 e 1953, mas foi recusado e não houve entrega do prémio em 1941.^[3]

Referências

↑ "1917 Winners".
↑ ^a ^b ^c «Pulitzer Prize for the Novel». The Pulitzer Prizes (pulitzer.org). Consultado em 19 de agosto de 2008
↑ ^a ^b The fiction jury had recommended the 1941 award go to Ernest Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls.
↑ The fiction jury had recommended the 1957 award to Elizabeth Spencer's The Voice at the Back Door, but the Pulitzer board, which has sole discretion for awarding the prize, made no award.
↑ The three novels the Pulitzer committee put forth for consideration to the Pulitzer board were: Losing Battles by Eudora Welty; Mr. Sammler's Planet by Saul Bellow; and The Wheel of Love by Joyce Carol Oates.
↑ The fiction jury had unanimously recommended the 1974 award to Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow, but the Pulitzer board, which has sole discretion for awarding the prize, made no award.
↑ The fiction jury had recommended the 1977 award to Norman MacLean's A River Runs Through It, but the Pulitzer board, which has sole discretion for awarding the prize, made no award.
↑ «pulitzer.org». www.pulitzer.org (em inglês). Consultado em 3 de maio de 2021

[1] "1917 Winners".

[prize-2] «Pulitzer Prize for the Novel». The Pulitzer Prizes (pulitzer.org). Consultado em 19 de agosto de 2008

[none1941-3] The fiction jury had recommended the 1941 award go to Ernest Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls.

[4] The fiction jury had recommended the 1957 award to Elizabeth Spencer's The Voice at the Back Door, but the Pulitzer board, which has sole discretion for awarding the prize, made no award.

[5] The three novels the Pulitzer committee put forth for consideration to the Pulitzer board were: Losing Battles by Eudora Welty; Mr. Sammler's Planet by Saul Bellow; and The Wheel of Love by Joyce Carol Oates.

[6] The fiction jury had unanimously recommended the 1974 award to Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow, but the Pulitzer board, which has sole discretion for awarding the prize, made no award.

[7] The fiction jury had recommended the 1977 award to Norman MacLean's A River Runs Through It, but the Pulitzer board, which has sole discretion for awarding the prize, made no award.

[8] «pulitzer.org». www.pulitzer.org (em inglês). Consultado em 3 de maio de 2021

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