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Marilynne Robinson

b. 1943-11-26 · From United States

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Marilynne Robinson (born November 26, 1943, in Sandpoint, Idaho) is an American novelist and essayist. Her novels include Housekeeping (1980) and Gilead (2004), winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, along with its related novels Home (2008), Lila (2014) and Jack (2020). She taught at the Iowa Wr…

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Gilead

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Gilead #1
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The Givenness of Things: Essays

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When I was a child I read books

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Home

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Gilead #2
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Housekeeping

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  • What career honors has Marilynne Robinson received?

    Robinson was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2012, recognizing her career as a novelist and essayist exploring faith, ethics, and American life. Separately, her novel Gilead won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2005.