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About Marilynne Robinson
American novelist and essayist
Marilynne Robinson is an American novelist and essayist. She has written across several decades and is widely known for her fiction and nonfiction. Her work has earned major recognition, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2005, the National Humanities Medal in 2012, and the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction in 2016. Robinson taught at the Iowa Writers' Workshop from 1991 until her retirement in spring 2016. In 2016, Time included her on its list of the 100 most influential people. Her writing has been recognized for its literary seriousness and for the range of ideas it addresses.
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- “You see how it is godlike to love the being of someone. Your existence is a delight to us. I hope you never h…”Marilynne Robinson
- “It is one of the best traits of good people that they love where they pity. And this is truer of women than o…”Marilynne Robinson
- “It has seemed to me sometimes as though the Lord breathes on this poor gray ember of Creation and it turns to…”Marilynne Robinson
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Books by Marilynne Robinson
Gilead
2004
Home
2008
Lila
2014
Jack
2020
What are we doing here?
2019