2011 Pulitzer Prize 2011 Pulitzer Prize The 2011 Pulitzer Prizes were announced on Monday, April 18, 2011. "The Los Angeles Times" won two prizes, including the highest honor for Public Service. "The New York Times" also won two awards. No prize was handed out in the Breaking News category. "The Wall Street Journal" won an award for the first time since 2007. Jennifer Egan's "A Visit From the Goon Squad" picked up the Fiction prize after already winning the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award. Photographer Carol Guzy of "The Washington Post" became the first journalist to win four Pulitzer Prizes. In December
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