The author who won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel *The Old Man and the Sea* is Ernest Hemingway. Published in 1952, this novella tells the story of an aging fisherman, Santiago, and his struggle to catch a giant marlin in the Gulf Stream. Hemingway's succinct writing style and use of symbolism, particularly concerning themes of perseverance and the human spirit, earned the work critical acclaim. The novel is often regarded as one of Hemingway's masterpieces and contributed to his receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. His influence on modern American literature remains profound.