1998 Pulitzer Prize

• Biography or Autobiography • Personal History by Katharine Graham (Alfred A. Knopf) • Fiction • American Pastoral by Philip Roth (Houghton Mifflin) • History • ''Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion'' by Edward Larson (BasicBooks) • General Nonfiction • Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond (W.W. Norton) • Poetry • Black Zodiac by Charles Wright (Farrar) • Drama • How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel (TCG) • Music • String Quartet No. 2 (musica instrumentalis) by Aaron Jay Kernis (Associated Music Publishers) Premiered on January 19, 1990, at Merkin Concert Hall, New York City, by The Lark Quartet. ==Special Awards and Citations==

• Special Citation • George Gershwin - Awarded posthumously to George Gershwin, commemorating the centennial year of his birth, for his distinguished and enduring contributions to American music. ==References==