Fifty-seven years after his ultimately death at age 29, country icon Hank Williams was awarded a special Pulitzer Prize when winners were announced on Monday.
Known for song staples like "Cold, Cold Heart," "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" and "Your Cheatin' Heart," he joins a small and elite group of musicians that have earned special citations in music before him -- including Thelonius Monk, John Coltrane and Bob Dylan -- even though his recorded musical career lasted less than ten years.
Honoring his lasting influence on not just country music, but the music world at large, the Pulitzer voters commended "his craftsmanship as a songwriter who expressed universal feelings with poignant simplicity and played a pivotal role in transforming country music into a major musical and cultural force in American life."
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