In 2008, the Pulitzer Prize jury awarded him a special citation "for his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power."

2008年，普利策奖评委会因为“他的歌词中带有非凡的诗意力量，对流行音乐与美国文化产生了深刻影响”，把一个特别奖颁发给他。

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He's won the prestigious Macarthur Genius Grant and this year, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for music and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Hamlisch received three Oscars, four Grammys, four Emmys, a Tony, three Golden Globes and a Pulitzer Prize for his music.

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Wadada Leo Smith's "Ten Freedom Summers, " which paired the trumpeter's jazz quartet with a chamber orchestra, was a 2013 Pulitzer Prize finalist for music.

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