With the stylish Michelle Obama in the White House, America is witnessing a clear intersection of fashion and the intellectual. But this certainly isn't the first time such an intersection has occurred. While we may sometimes think of writers as hunchbacked schlubs who don't know the difference between a pashmina and a cardigan, many wordsmiths over the years have demonstrated a keen sartorial eye in addition to their ear for prose. In honor of style and fashion colliding in the White House, below we've spotlighted 11 Pulitzer Prize winners who found a personal fashion to complimented their literary talents.

1. Anne Sexton - One of the most prolific poets of her time. She won the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry in 1967 for Live or Die. Her prose was deeply personal, often dealing with her long struggle with depression. But before she embarked on her writing career, Sexton was a model in Boston -- a fact that won't surprise anyone who has seen images of this stylish gal.

2. John F. Kennedy - During his tenure as US Senator, John F. Kennedy wrote Profiles in Courage and received the Pulitzer Prize in Biography in 1957. He is the first and only Pulitzer Prize-winning president. While in the Oval Office, JFK and his beautiful wife Jacqueline personified youth, glamour, fashion, and culture. They greatly influenced fashion trends of the day, and their style and charm led to the Kennedy administration earning the nickname "Camelot."

3. Margaret Mitchell - Mitchell's epic Gone with the Wind is one of the best-selling novels of all time. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 and the film adaptation became the highest-grossing film in Hollywood history. Raised in Georgia amongst the relics of fashionable, genteel women, it shouldn't be too surprising that the woman who created Scarlett O'Hara had serious style -- even in black and white.

4. Katharine Graham - Graham was the publisher of The Washington Post for over two decades. She took the position after her husband's suicide and is often remembered for running the paper during the Watergate scandal. She won a Pulitzer Prize for her memoir, Personal History, in 1988. Graham was a staple amongst New York and Washington's elite, counting the Rockefellers, Kennedys, Reagans as personal friends. In 1966, Truman Capote played host at his Black and White Ball with Katharine Graham as the guest of honor. Everyone from Andy Warhol, Tallulah Bankhead, McGeorge Bundy, Frank Sinatra, and the Maharajah and Maharani of Jaipur were in attendance.

5. Edna St. Vincent Millay - A poet and playwright, Millay was the first woman to ever receive a Pulitzer Prize (for her poetic work, The Harp-Weaver, and Other Poems), in 1923. But she was equally cutting-edge with her unorthodox lifestyle, which included an open marriage and lesbian lovers. She played an integral part in the cultural scene in Greenwich Village in New York after World War I and came to represent the freedom of women in the Jazz Age.

6. Stephen Sondheim - One of the most highly regarded names in American musical theatre history. As a composer and lyricist, Sondheim created some of the most beloved musicals of all time, including West Side Story, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George (for which he won the Pulitzer in 1985), Into the Woods, and Assassins. Interestingly, Sondheim's father was a dress manufacturer and his mother was a designer. He grew up around the fashionable Upper West Side and has maintained a cool, dapper look ever since he first came into the spotlight.

7. Suzan-Lori Parks - An award-winning playwright and screenwriter, Parks' critically acclaimed play Topdog/Underdog won the Pulitzer Prize in 2002, making her the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer in Drama. Parks brings the same modern, edgy, and urban appeal to her fashion as she does to her writing.

8. Sylvia Plath - She received her Pulitzer in Poetry, many years after her death, for The Collected Poems in 1982. She is the only poet to receive the award posthumously. Plath's experience in New York City and her subsequent mental breakdown was the basis for her landmark work and college reading staple The Bell Jar. Her beauty, sadness, and prose have influenced young female readers for decades.

9. Wynton Marsalis - As a trumpeter and composer, he is one of the most popular and influential modern jazz musicians alive today. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Music for his oratorio Blood on the Fields in 1997. It was the first time a jazz recording garnered the Pulitzer. Marsalis has won 9 Grammys, serves as the Artistic Director of Jazz for the Lincoln Center, and along with with his impressive musical talents, personifies an undeniably cool jazz style and panache.

10. Mary Chase - Began her career writing in Denver for the society pages of the Rocky Mountain News. Soon Chase was part of the news, scribing the wildly successful Broadway play Harvey. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1945; Harvey went on to become a successful film starring Jimmy Stewart. Chase went on to write many more plays and children's stories, often stemming from a whimsical, fantastic element that was also at the core of her style.

11. Maureen Dowd - No really! As a columnist for The New York Times, she won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary on the Monica Lewisnsky scandal. The controversial, acerbic writer is a mainstay on the New York scene. Her 2005 book Are Men Necessary? When Sexes Collide was a best-seller and of course, highly controversial. Her style is relatively a bit more reserved, though still eye-catching nonetheless.