one of the 21 prizes given every year in the US to people who have produced especially good work in journalism (=writing for newspapers), literature, or music. The prizes were started by the US newspaper owner Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911), and winning a Pulitzer Prize is a great honour.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
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