Salman Rushdie was a winner of the Booker Prize.
The Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters , Drama , and Music .. Pulitzer Prizes. Pulitzer Prizes. It has been presented since 1962 for a distinguished book of non-fiction by an American author , published during the preceding calendar year , that is not eligible for consideration in another category .. Finalists have been announced from 1980 , ordinarily two others beside the winner .