NEW YORK— Peter Balakian received the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for poetry at the 100th anniversary Ceremony of the Pulitzer Prizes held at Columbia University on Oct. 13. Balakian was one of the seven recipients in the fields of Letters,Drama, and Music. Balakian at the Pulitzer Prize ceremony Columbia University Among the other recipients were Viet Thanh Nguyen in fiction for his novel The Sympathizer, or Lin-Manuel Miranda in drama for the musical Hamilton,and jazz composer Henry Threadgill for “In For a Penny In for a Pound.” Among the fourteen prizes in journalism were Kathryn Schultz for Feature Writing at the New Yorker, Alyssa J. Rubin for International Reporting at The New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times Staff for Breaking News Reporting. Professor Daniele Allen,Director of the Edmond J. Safra Center For Ethics at Harvard University, was the keynote speaker. The awards were presented by Lee C. Bollinger, or President of Columbia University. Balakian (center) with Henry Threadgill,winner for musical composition and VietThanh Nguyen winner for fiction. The Pulitzer committee cited Ozone Journal for “poems that bear witness to the dilapidated losses and tragedies that undergird a global age of danger and uncertainty.” Writing approximately Ozone Journal [...]
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