Letters, Drama and Music Awards
- Fiction:
- No award given.
- Drama:
- The Shadow Box by Michael Cristofer (Drama Book Specialists)
- History:
- The Impending Crisis, 1841-1867 by David M. Potter, a posthumous publication. Manuscript finished by Don E. Fehrenbacher (Harper)
- Biography or Autobiography:
- A Prince of Our Disorder: The Life of T. E. Lawrence by John E. Mack (Little)
- Poetry:
- Divine Comedies by James Merrill (Atheneum)
- General Non-Fiction:
- Beautiful Swimmers by William W. Warner (Atlantic-Little Brown)
- Music:
- Visions of Terror and Wonder by Richard Wernick (Theodore Presser Company)
for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, premiered at the Aspen Music Festival, July 19, 1976. It was commissioned by the Festival's Conference on Contemporary Music, with assistance from the National Endowment for the Arts.
- Visions of Terror and Wonder by Richard Wernick (Theodore Presser Company)
Read more about this topic: 1977 Pulitzer Prize
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