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[close] William Styron famously received the Pulitzer Prize in 1968 for his controversial novel THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER. Less known, however, is the fact that he was a serious contender fifteen years before that. Watch Styron's daughter, Alexandra, read from a letter editor Hiram Haydn wrote to her father regarding the Pulitzer results in 1952. Herman Wouk's CAINE MUTINY won that year's prize, but William Styron's debut novel, LIE DOWN IN DARKNESS, was shortlisted for consideration. Watch to see how the votes played out, learn which other classic novel the twenty-six-year-old Styron beat out in votes, and click through to check out the book that the Pulitzer committee loved.