Consider the following statements with respect to Pulitzer Prizes:
1. The Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal is awarded each year to the American newspaper that wins the Public Service category.
2. The Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal is never awarded to an individual.
3. Jhumpa Lahiri won the Pulitzer Prize in the year 2000 for her first book; a short story collection called The Interpreter of Maladies.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1, 2 and 3
1 only
2 and 3 only
1 and 3 only
Answer is Right!
Answer is Wrong!
This question was previously asked in
UPSC CAPF – 2009
– Statement 2 is correct: The Gold Medal itself is given to the winning *organization* in Public Service, not to an individual person. Individuals win prizes in specific journalistic or arts categories, but the medal is reserved for the institution in the public service category.
– Statement 3 is correct: Jhumpa Lahiri won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in the year 2000 for her debut book, the short story collection titled “Interpreter of Maladies”.
– They are awarded annually to recognize achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States.