A Pulitzer Prize-winning composer who liked to redefine himself, he was originally known as an experimentalist but was later identified with a lush style that came to be called the New Romanticism.
Tag: Pulitzer Prizes
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Jane Garrett, Book Editor With a Prizewinning Touch, Dies at 88
History books she shepherded over 44 years at Alfred A. Knopf won a raft of Pulitzers — seven in all — as well as Bancrofts, though one set off a furious academic debate.
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David Mitchell, Weekly Editor Who Exposed a Corrupt Cult, Dies at 79
His tiny California newspaper won a Pulitzer Prize for its exposé of Synanon, a renowned drug rehabilitation program that had turned into a violent operation.
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James Hoge, Who Led 2 Big City Tabloids, Dies at 87
He was publisher of The Chicago Sun-Times, where he was also its top editor, and New York’s Daily News. He was later editor of the headier Foreign Affairs magazine.
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Sheldon Harnick, ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Lyricist, Dies at 99
His collaborations with the composer Jerry Bock also included “Fiorello!” — which, like “Fiddler,” was a Tony winner — and “She Loves Me.”