The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead review – luminous, furious and wildly inventive Read moreAuthor Colson Whitehead has collected multiple accolades for the bestselling book, including last year’s National Book Award. Playwright Lynn Nottage nabbed her second Pulitzer for the drama Sweat, a Broadway play about factory workers battling job cuts. Rather, we are in the midst of a revolution,” Pulitzer prize administrator Mike Pride said during the award ceremony. David A Fahrenthold of the Washington Post won the national reporting award for his coverage of the lack of promised donations by the Trump Foundation during the election. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, McClatchy and the Miami Herald won the explanatory reporting award for its work on the Panama Papers.

Source: The Guardian April 10, 2017 21:00 UTC