{"id":24342,"date":"2025-05-05T16:52:37","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T23:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/?p=24342"},"modified":"2025-05-05T17:26:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T00:26:10","slug":"percival-everett-wins-2025-pulitzer-prize-for-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/percival-everett-wins-2025-pulitzer-prize-for-james\/","title":{"rendered":"USC Dornsife\u2019s Percival Everett Wins 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n    \n                                          \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/Percival_Everett-Pulitzer-Top-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/Percival_Everett-Pulitzer-Top-1920x1080.jpg 1920w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/Percival_Everett-Pulitzer-Top-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/Percival_Everett-Pulitzer-Top-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Composite shows front and back of Pulitzer medallion next to Percival Everett\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"image-caption\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  Pulitzer Prize winner Percival Everett is Distinguished Professor of English at USC Dornsife. 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Photo: Ileana Garcia Photography.)\n\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n          <nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n        <ul>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\">News<\/a><\/li>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\/?category=arts-and-culture\">Arts and Culture<\/a><\/li>\n                  <\/ul>\n      <\/nav>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--page-title\">\n\n    \n  <h1>USC Dornsife\u2019s Percival Everett Wins 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n          <div class=\"subtitle\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  The English professor\u2019s novel <em>James<\/em> offers a searing retelling of a Mark Twain classic \u2014 and has now earned fiction\u2019s highest honor.\n\n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n           <strong class=\"author-field\"><span >By<\/span><a href=\"mailto:communication@dornsife.usc.edu\">Jim Key<\/a><\/strong>\n    \n          <span class=\"post-date-field\">May 5, 2025<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--social-share \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--social-share\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n    <span class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list\" style=\"line-height: 32px;\">\n      <span class=\"title\">\n        Share\n      <\/span>\n                        <a class=\"a2a_button_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/#copy_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Link\">\n            <span class=\"a2a_svg a2a_s__default a2a_s_copy_link\">\n              <svg height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 19 19\" width=\"19\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m7.43475275 9.52380952-2.17490843 2.26076008c-1.08745421 1.058837-1.68841575 2.518315-1.68841575 4.0350275 0 1.5167124.60096154 2.9475732 1.68841575 4.0350274 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href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/percival-everett\/\">Percival Everett<\/a>, Distinguished Professor of English at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, has been awarded the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel <em>James<\/em> \u2014 a bold and poignant reimagining of Mark Twain\u2019s <em>Adventures of Huckleberry Finn<\/em> told from the perspective of Jim, the enslaved character.<\/p>\n<p>Published in March 2024 by Doubleday, <em>James<\/em> has received a wave of national and international recognition, <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/percival-everett-wins-national-book-award-for-james\/\">winning<\/a> the National Book Award, the Kirkus Prize and the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. It was also a finalist for the Booker Prize and the PEN\/Faulkner Award.<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/Percival_Everett-Pulitzer-InStory.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-24346\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/Percival_Everett-Pulitzer-InStory-360x550.jpg\" alt=\"Cover of the novel \u2018James\u2019\" width=\"246\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/Percival_Everett-Pulitzer-InStory-360x550.jpg 360w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/Percival_Everett-Pulitzer-InStory-671x1024.jpg 671w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/Percival_Everett-Pulitzer-InStory-768x1172.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/Percival_Everett-Pulitzer-InStory.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a statement through his publisher, Everett said, \u201cI am shocked and pleased, but mostly shocked. This is a wonderful honor. I am especially flattered to have been considered along with the other finalists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In its review, <em>The New York Times<\/em> praised the book as \u201cEverett\u2019s most thrilling novel, but also his most soulful. Beneath the wordplay, and below the packed dirt floor of Everett\u2019s moral sensibility, James is an intensely imagined human being.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Pulitzer Prize Board described <em>James<\/em> as \u201can accomplished reconsideration of <em>Huckleberry Finn<\/em> that gives agency to Jim to illustrate the absurdity of racial supremacy and provide a new take on the search for family and freedom.\u201d Everett was previously a Pulitzer finalist in 2022 for his novel <em>The Trees<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s Percival\u2019s masterful storytelling, wit, and humanity that have earned him this prestigious prize,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/our-leadership\/moh-el-naggar\/\">Moh El-Naggar<\/a>, interim dean of USC Dornsife. \u201cBy giving a voice to Jim, Percival shows the power of retelling and challenging even the most classic of tales. USC Dornsife is proud to be home to one of the literary giants of our time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Everett is widely regarded as one of the most original and prolific voices in American literature. His genre-defying body of work spans satire, Westerns and experimental prose. His 2001 novel <em>Erasure<\/em> was adapted into the Oscar-winning 2023 film <em>American Fiction<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving some of the most accomplished authors of the century on our faculty is a testament to the caliber of our department and the exceptional talent within it,\u201d said\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/laih\/content\/dana-johnson\/\">Dana Johnson<\/a>, chair of USC Dornsife\u2019s English department and Florence R. Scott Professor of English. \u201cI couldn\u2019t be more proud of Percival and the fact that our students learn from some of the nation\u2019s greatest thinkers and writers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The popular professor has taught creative writing at USC Dornsife since 1998 and credits his students for their impact on his life. \u201cThey keep me from getting old too fast,\u201d he told USC Dornsife News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=szHMhh0E_VI&amp;t=124s\">in an earlier interview<\/a>. \u201cI love their energy. I love their openness to ideas. 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