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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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- “In a high-IQ job pool, soft skills like discipline, drive and empathy mark those who emerge as outstanding.”Daniel Goleman
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Explore Christianity
- “Prayer is the secret weapon that restores your trust in God.”Jim George
- “Some of these beginners, too, make little of their faults, and at other times become over-sad when they see t…”San Juan de la Cruz
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Books by Marilynne Robinson
Gilead
2004
Home
2008
Lila
2014
Jack
2020
What are we doing here?
2019