Aretha Franklin is still getting R-E-S-P-E-C-T after death: The Queen of Soul on Monday received the Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, becoming the first individual woman to earn the honor since it was first awarded in 1930.
The Pulitzer board said the award was given to Franklin for her indelible contribution to American music and culture for more than five decades.
Franklin died Aug. 16 at her home in Detroit from pancreatic cancer at age 76.
The superstar singer also was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when she entered the prestigious organization in 1987.
The Pulitzer board most recently awarded a special citation prize in 2010 to Hank Williams, the country music legend who died in 1953. From the arts world, other recipients include Duke Ellington, Bob Dylan, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, George Gershwin, Ray Bradbury, William Schuman, Milton Babbitt, Scott Joplin, Roger Sessions, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.
Franklin’s inclusion into the exclusive club reconfirms the impact her music — and voice — had and continues to have on the world.
Read the full article thanks to my friends at THR here: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/aretha-franklin-makes-history-posthumous-pulitzer-prize-1202155
Franklin died Aug. 16 at her home in Detroit from pancreatic cancer at age 76.
The superstar singer also was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when she entered the prestigious organization in 1987.
The Pulitzer board most recently awarded a special citation prize in 2010 to Hank Williams, the country music legend who died in 1953. From the arts world, other recipients include Duke Ellington, Bob Dylan, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, George Gershwin, Ray Bradbury, William Schuman, Milton Babbitt, Scott Joplin, Roger Sessions, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.
Franklin’s inclusion into the exclusive club reconfirms the impact her music — and voice — had and continues to have on the world.
Read the full article thanks to my friends at THR here: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/aretha-franklin-makes-history-posthumous-pulitzer-prize-1202155
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