Marilynne Robinson

At-a-Glance

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2005) for Gilead
National Humanities Medal (2012)
Author of five acclaimed novels, including Housekeeping (1980) and Gilead (2004)
Author of numerous nonfiction works, such as Mother Country (1989)
F. Wendell Miller Professor of English and Creative Writing at the Iowa Writers' Workshop (1991-2016)
PhD in English from the University of Washington (1977)

Biography

Marilynne Summers Robinson, born November 26, 1943, is an American novelist and essayist. She has received numerous accolades throughout her career, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2005, the National Humanities Medal in 2012, and the 2016 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. In 2016, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people.