Lin-Manuel Miranda just won a Pulitzer Prize for Hamilton

A prize for the Hamilton star.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator and star of Broadway's hit musical Hamilton, won a Pulitzer Prize for drama Monday. The show, which features rap-battling founding fathers played by people of color, debuted on Broadway in August. Miranda was just a tad excited to hear the news:

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.