Pulitzer Prize in Drama Winners

The Pulitzer Prizes, established and endowed by Joseph Pulitzer (1847–1911), honour excellence in American literature, journalism, drama and music. The prizes, administered by Columbia University, bestow on winners both literary prestige and a cash prize.

For years not listed, no award was made.

1918

Why Marry?, Jesse Lynch Williams

1920

Beyond the Horizon, Eugene O'Neill

1921

Miss Lulu Bett, Zona Gale

1922

Anna Christie, Eugene O'Neill

1923

Icebound, Owen Davis

1924

Hell-Bent Fer Heaven, Hatcher Hughes

1925

They Knew What They Wanted, Sidney Howard

1926

Craig's Wife, George Kelly

1927

In Abraham's Bosom, Paul Green

1928

Strange Interlude, Eugene O'Neill

1929

Street Scene, Elmer L. Rice

1930

The Green Pastures, Marc Connelly

1931

Alison's House, Susan Glaspell

1932

Of Thee I Sing, George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind, and Ira Gershwin

1933

Both Your Houses, Maxwell Anderson

1934

Men in White, Sidney Kingsley

1935

The Old Maid, Zoe Akins

1936

Idiot's Delight, Robert E. Sherwood

1937

You Can't Take It With You, Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman

1938

Our Town, Thornton Wilder

1939

Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Robert E. Sherwood

1940

The Time of Your Life, William Saroyan

1941

There Shall Be No Night, Robert E. Sherwood

1943

The Skin of Our Teeth, Thornton Wilder

1945

Harvey, Mary Chase

1946

State of the Union, Russel Crouse and Howard Lindsay

1948

A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams

1949

Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller

1950

South Pacific, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, and Joshua Logan

1952

The Shrike, Joseph Kramm

1953

Picnic, William Inge

1954

The Teahouse of the August Moon, John Patrick

1955

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Tennessee Williams

1956

The Diary of Anne Frank, Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett

1957

Long Day's Journey Into Night, Eugene O'Neill

1958

Look Homeward, Angel, Ketti Frings

1959

J. B. Archibald MacLeish

1960

Fiorello! George Abbott, Jerome Weidman, Jerry Bock, and Sheldon Harnick

1961

All the Way Home, Tad Mosel

1962

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Frank Loesser and Abe Burrows

1965

The Subject Was Roses, Frank D. Gilroy

1967

A Delicate Balance, Edward Albee

1969

The Great White Hope, Howard Sackler

1970

No Place to Be Somebody, Charles Gordone

1971

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, Paul Zindel

1973

That Championship Season, Jason Miller

1975

Seascape, Edward Albee

1976

A Chorus Line, Conceived by Michael Bennett

1977

The Shadow Box, Michael Cristofer

1978

The Gin Game, Donald L. Coburn

1979

Buried Child, Sam Shepard

1980

Talley's Folly, Lanford Wilson

1981

Crimes of the Heart, Beth Henley

1982

A Soldier's Play, Charles Fuller

1983

'Night, Mother, Marsha Norman

1984

Glengarry Glen Ross, David Mamet

1985

Sunday in the Park with George, Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine

1987

Fences, August Wilson

1988

Driving Miss Daisy, Alfred Uhry

1989

The Heidi Chronicles, Wendy Wasserstein

1990

The Piano Lesson, August Wilson

1991

Lost in Yonkers, Neil Simon

1992

The Kentucky Cycle, Robert Schenkkan

1993

Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, Tony Kushner

1994

Three Tall Women, Edward Albee

1995

The Young Man from Atlanta, Horton Foote

1996

Rent, Jonathan Larson

1998

How I Learned to Drive, Paula Vogel

1999

Wit, Margaret Edson

2000

Dinner with Friends, Donald Margulies

2001

Proof, David Auburn

2002

Topdog/Underdog, Suzan-Lori Parks

2003

Anna in the Tropics, Nilo Cruz

2004

I Am My Own Wife, Doug Wright

2005

Doubt, a parable, John Patrick Shanleys

2006

No Award

2007

Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire

2008

August: Osage County by Tracy Letts

2009

Ruined by Lynn Nottage

2010

Next to Normal by Tom Kitt (music) and Brian Yorkey (book and lyrics)

2011

Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris

2012

Water by the Spoonful by Quiara Alegría Hudes

2013

Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar

2014

The Flick by Annie Baker

2015

Between Riverside and Crazy by Stephen Adly Guirgis

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