Considered a kind of Oscar award for the journalism and literature guild, The Pulitzer Award has become a prestigious award granted annually To those writers who have left an important mark for history.
Founded on June 4, 1927 by the press magnate Joseph Pulitzer, the award is looking for Promote and recognize the culture of different literary artists And, in this way, highlight the outstanding works that report and provide knowledge to society.
The prize is awarded every year in April to 22 categories, including: Journalism, theater, education, literature and musical composition, among others. These are granted by Columbia University, in collaboration with the Pulitzer Award Board (Pulitzer Prize Board).
Cristina Rivera becomes the first Mexican woman to be awarded a 2024 Pulitzer Award.Leonardo Alvarez Hernandez / Getty Images
Cristina Rivera Garza
Mexico
His literary career began in the 90s and since then he has published a wide variety of works that They explore issues such as violence, identity, memory and history of Mexico. His style is distinguished by having addressed complex and controversial issues such as feminicide, migration and gender violence.
His writings are characterized by a deep reflection on Mexican society and its past. In Liliana's invincible summer He tells the feminicide of his own sister and his search for justice, which earned him Being a 2024 Pulitzer Prize credit at 59 years of age, in the category of «Memoirs and Biography». With this, it is crowned as the first Mexican woman to obtain it. His work has had a great impact on Latin American literature and has been the object of analysis in various contexts, which makes it an influence of literary culture.
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Félix Márquez
Mexico
This talented Veracruz photojournalist won the 2024 Pulitzer Award for capture the essence of migrants and hard events that liveas well as its approach to the crisis that plagues Latin America and that has moved the world.