Marilynne Robinson
1943 – present · b. Sandpoint
United States
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Biography
Marilynne Summers Robinson is an American novelist and essayist. Across her writing career, Robinson has received numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2005, National Humanities Medal in 2012, and the 2016 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. In 2016, Robinson was named in Time magazine's list of 100 most influential people. Robinson began teaching at the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1991 and retired in the spring of 2016.
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Awards
- Mondello Prize (2016)No list
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (2014)
- National Humanities Medal (2012)No list
- Women's Prize for Fiction (2009)
- Grawemeyer Awards (2006)No list
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2005)
- Heartland Prize (2005)No list
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (2004)
Notable Works
Education
- Brown University — Bachelor of Arts
- University of Iowa
- University of Washington — Doctor of Philosophy
- University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Pembroke College in Brown University
