It was only with the award of the Pulitzer Prize in 1974 ( two months after his death from cancer at the age of 49 ) for his 1973 book that he gained wider recognition .
His 1973 book is the Denial of Death .
It was only with the award of the Pulitzer Prize in 1974 ( two months after his death from cancer at the age of 49 ) for his 1973 book , The Denial of Death , that he gained wider recognition .