Pulitzer Prize winners
The Pulitzer Prizes are awarded annually for outstanding contributions to American journalism, letters, and music. Since 1919, Pulitzer Prizes have been awarded numerous times to Harvard faculty members — and some professors have won multiple times.
| Recipient | Year prize awarded | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Stephen Greenblatt | 2012 | Nonfiction |
| Caroline Elkins | 2006 | Nonfiction |
| Geraldine Brooks | 2006 | Fiction |
| Samantha Power | 2003 | Nonfiction |
| Jorie Graham* | 1996 | Poetry |
| Bert Hölldobler | 1991 | Nonfiction |
| Edward O. Wilson | 1991 | Nonfiction |
| Laurel Thatcher Ulrich* | 1991 | History |
| David Donald | 1988 | Biography |
| Bernard Bailyn | 1987 | History |
| Thomas K. McCraw | 1985 | History |
| Bernard Rands* | 1984 | Music |
| Paul E. Starr | 1984 | Nonfiction |
| Edward O. Wilson | 1979 | Nonfiction |
| Walter Jackson Bate | 1978 | Biography |
| Alfred Chandler Jr. | 1978 | History |
| John E. Mack | 1977 | Biography |
| Donald Martino* | 1974 | Music |
| Robert Coles | 1973 | Nonfiction |
| Mario Davidosky* | 1971 | Music |
| Bernard Bailyn | 1968 | History |
| George F. Kennan | 1968 | Biography |
| Leon Kirchner | 1967 | Music |
| Bernard Malamud | 1967 | Fiction |
| Perry Miller*** | 1966 | History |
| Howard Mumford Jones | 1965 | Nonfiction |
| Walter Jackson Bate | 1964 | Biography |
| David Donald* | 1961 | Biography |
| Walter Piston | 1961 | Music |
| Samuel Eliot Morison** | 1960 | Biography |
| Archibald MacLeish | 1959 | Drama |
| Archibald MacLeish | 1953 | Poetry |
| Oscar Handlin | 1952 | History |
| Walter Piston | 1948 | Music |
| Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. | 1946 | History |
| Robert Frost | 1943 | Poetry |
| Samuel Eliot Morison | 1943 | Biography |
| Paul Herman Buck | 1938 | History |
| Ralph Barton Perry | 1936 | Biography |
| Robert Hillyer | 1934 | Poetry |
| Archibald MacLeish* | 1933 | Poetry |
| Frederick J. Turner | 1933 | History |
| Edward Channing | 1926 | History |
| Harvey Cushing | 1926 | Biography |
| Mark A. DeWolfe Howe | 1925 | Biography |
| Charles McIlwain | 1924 | History |
| Henry Adams | 1919 | Biography |
* Prize awarded before appointment to the faculty.
** Prize awarded after retirement from the faculty.
*** Prize awarded posthumously.