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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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- “it's hard to find time to think about Kansas.”Marilynne Robinson
- “My grandfather once told her if you couldn't read with cold feet, there wouldn't be a literate soul in the st…”Marilynne Robinson
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- “I did a lot of canoe tripping earlier on. I was on 10 trips, and I would get the feel of the forest and the w…”Gordon Lightfoot
- “I love the fact that we are surrounded by this spectacular natural beauty that routinely strikes us dead. Hik…”Chelsea Cain
Explore Mountains
- “I've walked a lot in the mountains in Iceland. And as you come to a new valley, as you come to a new landscap…”Olafur Eliasson
- “If you are in the mountains alone for some time, many days at minimum, & it helps if you are fasting. The for…”Charles Frazier
- “Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time.”H. P. Lovecraft
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Books by Marilynne Robinson
Gilead
2004
Home
2008
Lila
2014
Jack
2020
What are we doing here?
2019