🐻📚 this weekend, I made a list of every Cornellian author!! I found 319 Cornellian…

🐻📚 this weekend, I made a list of every Cornellian author!! I found 319 Cornellian authors so far (add yourself to the list!!), and Cornellians are so good at writing books, I didn’t realize there’s so many Prizes!! - Nobel Prize in Literature Toni Morrison, MA ’55 – Beloved – Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1988), Nobel Prize in Literature (1993) Pearl S. Buck, MA 1926 – The Good Earth – Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1932), Nobel Prize in Literature (1938) - Pulitzer Prize Junot Díaz, MFA ’95 – The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao – Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2008) Sheryl WuDunn ’81 – Half the Sky – Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting (1990) Paula Vogel, MA ’76 – How I Learned to Drive – Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1998) David Oshinsky ’65 – Bellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America’s Most Storied Hospital – Pulitzer Prize for History (2006, for Polio) Kenneth Roberts 1908 – Northwest Passage – Pulitzer Special Citation (1957) Louis Bromfield 1920 – Early Autumn – Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1927) Pulitzer Prize Finalist Alejandro Varela ’01 – The Town of Babylon – Pulitzer Prize Finalist (2023) - National Book Award Susan Choi, MFA ’95 – Flashlight – National Book Award for Fiction (2019, for Trust Exercise) William Vollmann ’81 – Europe Central – National Book Award (2005) National Book Award Finalist Susan Brownmiller ’55 – Against Our Will – National Book Award Finalist Martin Hägglund, PhD ’11 – This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom – National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist - Booker Prize NoViolet Bulawayo, MFA ’10 – We Need New Names – Booker Prize Shortlist (2013) - Major Literary Prizes Melissa Bank, MFA ’87 – The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing – PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist Téa Obreht, MFA ’08 – The Tiger’s Wife – Orange Prize for Fiction (2011) Chris Pavone ’89 – The Expats (Kate Moore, #1) – Edgar Award for Best First Novel (2013) Julie Schumacher, MFA ’86 – Dear Committee Members – Thurber Prize for American Humor (2015) William H. McNeill, PhD ’47 – Plagues and Peoples – Bancroft Prize (1977) Hugh Ryan ’00 – When Brooklyn Was Queer – Lambda Literary Award Nominee - Academy & Tony Awards Arthur Laurents ’37 – Gypsy: A Musical – Tony Award for Best Musical (1960) Laura Z. Hobson 1921 – Gentleman’s Agreement – Academy Award for Best Picture (1947, film adaptation) - Children’s & Young Adult E. B. White 1921 – Charlotte’s Web – Newbery Honor, Laura Ingalls Wilder Award Nicola Yoon ’94 – Everything, Everything – Coretta Scott King New Talent Award (2017) Jandy Nelson ’87 – I’ll Give You the Sun – Printz Award (2015) Jean Lee Latham, MA 1930 – Carry On, Mr. Bowditch – Newbery Medal (1956) Hendrik Willem van Loon 1905 – The Story of Mankind – Newbery Medal (1922) Minfong Ho ’73 – Hush! A Thai Lullaby – Caldecott Honor (1997) - Science Fiction & Fantasy Kurt Vonnegut ’44 – Slaughterhouse-Five – Hugo Award Nominee Joanna Russ ’57 – The Female Man – Nebula Award Nominee, Hugo Award Nominee - Other Awards Natasha Pickowicz ’06 – More Than Cake: 100 Baking Recipes Built for Pleasure and Community – James Beard Award (2023) #books #authors