Is it true that both Ann Beattie and James Merrill received a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry?
Ann Beattie:  She has received an award for excellence from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and the PEN/Malamud Award for excellence in the short story form. James Merrill:  He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1977) for "Divine Comedies" (1976).
no