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Detailed explanation-1: -Shirley Ann Grau, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of ‘The Keepers of the House, ’ dies at 91. NEW ORLEANS - Shirley Ann Grau, a Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction writer whose stories and novels told of both the dark secrets and the beauty of the Deep South, has died.

Detailed explanation-2: -In accordance with his wishes, the Pulitzer Prizes were first awarded in 1917, and the first Pulitzer Prize for Novel was awarded in 1918 to Ernest Poole for his book, His Family.

Detailed explanation-3: -Morrison won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction for the critically acclaimed novel Beloved (1987). She received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993. In 2010 Morrison was made an officer of the French Legion of Honour. Two years later she was awarded the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Detailed explanation-4: -Four writers have won two prizes each in the Fiction category: Booth Tarkington, William Faulkner, John Updike, and Colson Whitehead.

Detailed explanation-5: -Rabbit Is Rich, by John Updike (Knopf) - The Pulitzer Prizes. For distinguished fiction published in book form during the year by an American author, preferably dealing with American life, One thousand dollars ($1, 000).