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    Has anyone ever turned down a Pullitzer prize?

    Question #128165. Asked by Wordpie. (Dec 02 12 9:17 AM)


    caparica

    		Sinclair Lewis has refused the Pullitzer Prize for his novel Arrowsmith in 1926.

    http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/09/all-prizes-like-all-titles-are-dangerous.html

    Dec 02 12, 9:57 AM
    chessart

    		Also William Saroyan in 1940. http://books.google.com/books?id=63nvmt4HqTEC&pg=PA105&lpg=PA105&dq=refused+pulitzer+prize&source=bl&ots=VopjR1kgL6&sig=Qn7vLhdJbkH97ZuywHC74IwLeTA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=N4a7UMCCIejMigKpx4CoAg&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAjgU#v=onepage&q=refused%20pulitzer%20prize&f=false

    Dec 02 12, 10:50 AM

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