Letters, Drama and Music Awards
- Biography or Autobiography:
- God: A Biography by Jack Miles (Alfred A. Knopf)
- Fiction:
- Independence Day by Richard Ford (Alfred A. Knopf)
- General Non-Fiction:
- The Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism by Tina Rosenberg (Random House)
- History:
- Willam Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic by Alan Taylor (Alfred A. Knopf)
- Poetry:
- The Dream of the Unified Field by Jorie Graham (The Ecco Press)
- Drama:
- Rent by Jonathan Larson (Rob Weisbach Books/William Morrow)
- Music:
- Lilacs by George Walker (MMB Music)
Read more about this topic: 1996 Pulitzer Prize
Famous quotes containing the words drama and/or music:
“In a drama of the highest order there is little food for censure or hatred; it teaches rather self-knowledge and self- respect.”
—Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)
“If I could believe the Quakers banned music because church music is so damn bad, I should view them with approval.”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)