The Novel Generator Machine

The first Pulitzer Prize for Fiction was awarded in 1918. Between then and now, the prize has been awarded to African American novelists on five occasion.

  • The Color Purple (1982) by Alice Walker
  • Beloved (1987) by Toni Morrison
  • The Known World (2003) by Edward P. Jones
  • The Underground Railroad (2016) by Colson Whitehead
  • The Nickel Boys (2019) by Colson Whitehead
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  • 1988
  • 2004
  • 2017
  • 2020