Award overlap

Books That Won Both the National Book Awards and the Pulitzer Prize (Poetry)

2 books won both the National Book Awards and the Pulitzer Prize (Poetry) between 2007 and 2018, most recently Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016 (2017/2018). 12 more were recognized by both without winning both.

Years are award years. National Book Awards · Pulitzer Prize (Poetry)

Won both

Books that won both the National Book Awards and the Pulitzer Prize (Poetry), most recent first.
BookAuthorNational Book AwardsPulitzer Prize (Poetry)
Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016Frank Bidart
  • 2017 Winner (Poetry)
  • 2018 Winner (Poetry)
Time and MaterialsRobert Hass
  • 2007 Winner (Poetry)
  • 2008 Winner (Poetry)

Recognized by both

Books recognized by both the National Book Awards and the Pulitzer Prize (Poetry) without winning both, most recent first.
BookAuthorNational Book AwardsPulitzer Prize (Poetry)
Tripas: PoemsBrandon Som
  • 2023 Finalist (Poetry)
  • 2024 Winner (Poetry)
Still LifeJay Hopler
  • 2022 Longlist (Poetry)
  • 2023 Finalist (Poetry)
A Treatise on StarsMei-mei Berssenbrugge
  • 2020 Finalist (Poetry)
  • 2021 Finalist (Poetry)
Postcolonial Love PoemNatalie Diaz
  • 2020 Finalist (Poetry)
  • 2021 Winner (Poetry)
DunceMary Ruefle
  • 2019 Longlist (Poetry)
  • 2020 Finalist (Poetry)
The TraditionJericho Brown
  • 2019 Finalist (Poetry)
  • 2020 Winner (Poetry)
Be WithForrest Gander
  • 2018 Longlist (Poetry)
  • 2019 Winner (Poetry)
feeldJos Charles
  • 2018 Longlist (Poetry)
  • 2019 Finalist (Poetry)
The Big SmokeAdrian Matejka
  • 2013 Finalist (Poetry)
  • 2014 Finalist (Poetry)
VersedRae Armantrout
  • 2009 Finalist (Poetry)
  • 2010 Winner (Poetry)
Watching the Spring FestivalFrank Bidart
  • 2008 Finalist (Poetry)
  • 2009 Finalist (Poetry)
Messenger: New and Selected Poems, 1976-2006Ellen Bryant Voigt
  • 2007 Finalist (Poetry)
  • 2008 Finalist (Poetry)