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The Pulitzer Prize for Drama is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music. It is one of the original Pulitzers, for the program was inaugurated in 1917 with seven prizes, four of which were awarded that year. It recognizes a theatrical work staged in the U.S. during the preceding calendar year.
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- ↑ "Columbia University Announces 93rd Annual Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism, Letters, Drama and Music" (PDF) (Press release). Columbia University. 2009-04-20. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2009-08-12. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
- ↑ Pérez-Peña, Richard (2009-04-20). "The Times Wins 5 Pulitzer Prizes". The New York Times . Retrieved 2009-04-20.