In the history of letters, Marilynne Robinson is one of the names that keeps being returned to.
The record lists Marilynne Robinson as American novelist and essayist (born 1943).
Marilynne Robinson was born in 1943. Her recorded nationality is United States. She was educated at Brown University and University of Washington.
Twentieth-century writing was shaped by war, exile and translation; many of its major careers were conducted across more than one language and country.
She worked as writer, novelist and essayist.
The writing is recorded in English.
Among her best-known works are Housekeeping, Gilead and Home. A writer's real subject usually becomes visible only across the whole body of work.
Recognition followed: Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award (1980), National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (2004), Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2005) and National Humanities Medal (2012).
That the work was written from United States matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
Achievements
- Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award — 1980
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction — 2004
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — 2005
- National Humanities Medal — 2012
- PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay — 1999
- Notable work: Housekeeping
- Notable work: Gilead
- Notable work: Home
- Notable work: Lila
