He is noted for his 1974 Pulitzer Prize - winning book , The Denial of Death .
Ernest Becker ( September 27 , 1924 -- March 6 , 1974 ) was a Jewish - American cultural anthropologist and writer .
Ernest Becker is noted for Ernest Becker 's 1974 Pulitzer Prize - winning book , The Denial of Death .
Ernest Becker ( September 27 , 1924 -- March 6 , 1974 ) was a Jewish - American cultural anthropologist and writer .