1.   Previous criticism prizes have included photography reviews, but this was the first year that the Pulitzer board bestowed a prize solely for writing about that art.

2.   The prize will be bestowed alternately in Cannes and Venice.

3.   The prize is bestowed on the best novel written in English by an author from Britain, Ireland or the Commonwealth of former British colonies.

4.   The prize will be bestowed upon him during a ceremony in Oslo next Monday, the Norwegian Helsinki Committee said.