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| | Suzan-Lori Parks '85 Wins Pulitzer Prize for Drama |
 | | In writing his 1904 will, which made provision for the establishment of the Pulitzer Prizes, renowned publisher and journalist Joseph Pulitzer (18471911) specified four awards in journalism, four in letters and drama, one for education, and four traveling scholarships. |
 | | In letters, prizes were to go to an American novel, an original American play performed in New York, a book on the history of the United States, an American biography, and a history of public service by the press. |
 | | Since the inception of the prizes in 1917, the board, later renamed the Pulitzer Prize Board, has increased the number of awards to twenty-one and introduced poetry, music, and photography as subjects, while adhering to the spirit of Pulitzer's will and its intent. |
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