Saturday, December 6, 2025

Question: What North Carolinian Pulitzer Prize-winner wrote the outdoor play, The Lost Colony?

Answer: Paul Green, born in Harnett County in 1894, wrote the outdoor drama The Lost Colony. He was a playwright, novelist, and humanitarian who championed civil rights, folk culture, and social justice. He won the 1927 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for In Abraham’s Bosom.