Pulitzer Prizes in Arts Awarded: composer John Corigliano, playwright David Auburn (Proof), W.E.B. DuBois biographer David Levering Lewis, historian of the American Revolution Joseph J. Ellis, poet Stephen Dunn (Different Hours), novelist Michael Chabon (The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay), and Herbert P. Bix for Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan in nonfiction. The interesting thing about this New York Times article is that it dwells in an unprecedented gossipy manner on descriptions of the winners’ reactions to the news.