Who became the first woman of Indian origin to win the Pulitzer Prize in 2000?
Arundhati Roy
Jhumpa Lahiri
Geeta Anand
Sanghamitra Kalita
Answer: Jhumpa Lahiri
Any one of a number of yearly awards given by Columbia University, New York City, for exceptional contributions to society and accomplishments in American journalism, literature, and music. Also given out are fellowships.
The prestigious awards, which were initially presented with a grant of $500,000 from newspaper tycoon Joseph Pulitzer, have been given out each May since 1917. The Pulitzer Prize Board, which consists of judges chosen by the university, makes recommendations to Columbia University, which then grants the prizes.
Over the years, the awards’ number and categories have changed, but there are now 14 awards in the field of journalism, 6 awards in the field of letters, and 1 award in the field of music.
Only works that have been explicitly entered for consideration by the Pulitzer Prize are taken into account. For each chosen entry category, there is a $75 entrance fee. Entries cannot just be accepted because they are literary or musical; they must fit in at least one of the designated award categories. Regardless of their qualities, works may only be put into a maximum of two categories.
The Pulitzer Prize Board chooses 102 jurors annually to serve on 20 distinct juries for the 21 prize categories; one jury recommends winners for both photography awards. All book juries have at least three members, but most have five members. The exceptions are the juries for the categories of public service, investigative reporting, explanatory reporting, feature writing, and commentary, which each have seven members. Three candidates are nominated by the jury for each award category. The board chooses the winner by majority vote among the nominees, or, in the case of a tie vote, chooses a new entry without considering the nominees.
The board may also decide not to make an award. The jury members for the board and journalism are not compensated for their participation, while the jurors for letters, music, and theatre are given an honorarium of $2,000 every year, and each chair is given a stipend of $2,500.
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