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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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- “There are two things essential if you want to enhance your Jedi self-confidence: 1/ belief that it is possibl…”Stephen Richards
- “Samkit’ (right belief) means knowing the Soul (self).”Dada Bhagwan
- “Confidence has nothing to do with a manner. Its to do with a belief that you can succeed at something.”Katty Kay
Explore Religion
- “There are so many things in life that divide us, that separate us and tear us apart, be it race, religion, cr…”Dean Karnazes
- “Basically all the religions,sciences and powers of the world boil down to a simple truth. The Best Story Tell…”Stanley Victor Paskavich
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Books by Marilynne Robinson
Gilead
2004
Home
2008
Lila
2014
Jack
2020
What are we doing here?
2019