Author record · 2015 to 2025

Gregory Pardlo: Awards and Best-of Lists

Gregory Pardlo has won 1 award, the Pulitzer Prize (Poetry) (2015) for Digest, with 2 shortlist or finalist places, 1 longlist or nominee place, and 3 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2025Spectral EvidenceKingsley Tufts Poetry Award source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
2024Spectral EvidenceNational Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · Poetry
2024Spectral Evidence: PoemsLibrary Journal Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Poetry
2018Air Traffic: A Memoir of Ambition and Manhood in AmericaChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books
2018Air Traffic: A Memoir of Ambition and Manhood in AmericaWashington Post Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Notable Nonfiction
2015DigestPulitzer Prize (Poetry) source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Poetry
2015DigestHurston/Wright Legacy Award source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Poetry

Books

  1. Spectral Evidence3 sources · 2024 to 2025
  2. Air Traffic: A Memoir of Ambition and Manhood in America2 sources · 2018
  3. Digest2 sources · 2015