NEW YORK — "Next to Normal," a musical about the complexity and heartbreak of a woman's mental illness and its affect on her family, won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for drama.

"The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt" by T.J. Stiles won the biography prize, and "Tinkers" by Paul Harding won the fiction award.

A posthumous Special Citation was given to Hank Williams for 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."

Other winners announced by Columbia University today were: "Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World," by Liaquat Ahamed, for history; "Versed," by Rae Armantrout, for poetry; "The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy," by David E. Hoffman for general nonfiction; and Violin Concerto by Jennifer Higdon, won the music prize.