India-born poet Vijay
Seshadri has won the prestigious 2014 Pulitzer Prize in the poetry category for
his collection of poems "3 Sections."
The 98th annual Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism, Letters, Drama and Music were announced on Monday the 14th April, 2014 by Columbia University.
Seshadri's '3 Sections' is a "compelling collection of poems that examine human consciousness, from birth to dementia, in a voice that is by turns witty and grave, compassionate and remorseless,".
A Columbia University alum, Seshadri would receive $10,000 reward.
According to Seshadri's biography on the Pulitzer website, he currently teaches poetry and nonfiction writing at liberal arts college Sarah Lawrence in New York. Born in Bangalore in 1954, Seshadri came to America at the age of five and grew up in Columbus, Ohio.
The 98th annual Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism, Letters, Drama and Music were announced on Monday the 14th April, 2014 by Columbia University.
Seshadri's '3 Sections' is a "compelling collection of poems that examine human consciousness, from birth to dementia, in a voice that is by turns witty and grave, compassionate and remorseless,".
A Columbia University alum, Seshadri would receive $10,000 reward.
According to Seshadri's biography on the Pulitzer website, he currently teaches poetry and nonfiction writing at liberal arts college Sarah Lawrence in New York. Born in Bangalore in 1954, Seshadri came to America at the age of five and grew up in Columbus, Ohio.
Seshadri is the fifth
person of Indian origin to bag the prestigious award, the first being Gobind
Behari Lal in 1937. Lal, a science editor, was awarded the Pulitzer in the
reporting category for his coverage of science at the tercentenary of Harvard
University when he was working for Universal Service. He died of cancer in
1992.
Indian-American author Jhumpa Lahiri got Pulitzer for fiction in 2000 for her collection of stories "Interpreters of Maladies".
Journalist-writer of Indian origin Geeta Anand was the next to get the award. Anand was the investigative reporter and feature writer for the Wall Street Journal and won the award in 2003 for "clear, concise and comprehensive stories that illuminated the roots, significance and impact of corporate scandals in America".
Indian-American physician Siddhartha Mukherjee's acclaimed book on cancer, 'The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer,' won the 2011 Pulitzer prize in the general non-fiction category.
Indian-American author Jhumpa Lahiri got Pulitzer for fiction in 2000 for her collection of stories "Interpreters of Maladies".
Journalist-writer of Indian origin Geeta Anand was the next to get the award. Anand was the investigative reporter and feature writer for the Wall Street Journal and won the award in 2003 for "clear, concise and comprehensive stories that illuminated the roots, significance and impact of corporate scandals in America".
Indian-American physician Siddhartha Mukherjee's acclaimed book on cancer, 'The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer,' won the 2011 Pulitzer prize in the general non-fiction category.
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