Pulitzer Prize for Memoir or Autobiography
The Pulitzer Prize Board, Columbia University
Annual American award honoring the best memoir or autobiography by a U.S. author, recognizing distinguished works of personal narrative nonfiction.
Latest winner · 2026
- Things in Nature Merely Grow · Yiyun Li
Next · expected May 2027
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2026
- Won
- Bibliophobia: A MemoirShortlisted
Sarah Chihaya
- Clam Down: A MetamorphosisShortlisted
Anelise Chen
- I'll Tell You When I'm Home: A MemoirShortlisted
Hala Alyan
2025
- Won
- Fi: A Memoir of My SonShortlisted
Alexandra Fuller
- Shortlisted
2024
- Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for JusticeWon
Nominated for 1 more award
- Shortlisted
- Shortlisted
2023
- Won
- Easy Beauty: A MemoirShortlisted
Chloé Cooper Jones
- Shortlisted
Frequently asked questions
- Who won the Pulitzer Prize for Memoir or Autobiography in 2026?
- “Things in Nature Merely Grow” by Yiyun Li won the Pulitzer Prize for Memoir or Autobiography in 2026.
- Who are the most recent Pulitzer Prize for Memoir or Autobiography winners?
- 2026: “Things in Nature Merely Grow” by Yiyun Li; 2025: “Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir” by Tessa Hulls; 2024: “Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice” by Cristina Rivera Garza; 2023: “Stay True” by Hua Hsu.