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Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.
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Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Known for an economical, understated style that influenced later 20th-century writers, he has been romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle and outspoken, blunt public image. Some of his seven…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Pulitzer Prize
Awards for American journalism and arts
The Pulitzer Prizes are 23 annual awards given by Columbia University in New York City for achievements in the United States in "journalism, arts and letters". They were established in 1917 by the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
The Old Man and the Sea
1952 novella by Ernest Hemingway
The Old Man and the Sea is a 1952 novella by the American author Ernest Hemingway. Written between December 1950 and February 1951, it was the last major fictional work Hemingway published during his lifetime. It tells the story of Santiago, an aging fisherman, and his long…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)