![]() ![]() “Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS” by Joby Warrick won for general nonfiction. “For the novel I took that to the extreme in using a spy and adding the dimensions of the thriller and historical fiction.” ![]() “I think most people in their inner selves are conscious of being an impostor, being an observer, not being the person everyone thinks they are,” he said. The 45-year-old author, currently in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to promote the paperback edition of his novel, told The Associated Press that he wrote “The Sympathizer” for himself but feels many can relate to it. Viet Thanh Nguyen's “The Sympathizer,” a debut novel set in the final days of the Vietnam War and narrated in flashback by a former Communist agent who infiltrated the South Vietnamese Army, won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. But it's extraordinary to be recognized in this way.” “Columbia is Hamilton's alma mater so I think that gave me a home-court advantage. “I feel really humbled and really overwhelmed,” Miranda told The Associated Press. The Columbia University's prize board on Monday cited “Hamilton” as “a landmark American musical about the gifted and self-destructive founding father whose story becomes both contemporary and irresistible.” Other finalists were “Gloria,” by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and “The Humans,” by Stephen Karam. NEW YORK- “Hamilton,” the hip-hop stage biography of Alexander Hamilton, has won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for drama, honoring creator Lin-Manuel Miranda for a dazzling musical that has captured popular consciousness like few Broadway shows. ![]()
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