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Annie Dillard (born April 30, 1945) is an American author.
Life
Dillard was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was raised in its Point Breeze neighborhood. She attended The Ellis School throughout her childhood and first began writing poetry while in high school there. She earned her B.A. and M.A. at the all-female Hollins University (then Hollins College) in Virginia where as a sophomore she married her writing professor, the poet R. H. W. Dillard. After nearly dying from pneumonia, Dillard began writing regular, lengthy diary entries, which would later form the basis of her Pilgrim at Tinker Creek.
She won the Pulitzer Prize (non-fiction) in 1975 with her first book of prose, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, which is an extended meditation on her observations of the natural world. Some have called it a work of mysticism or theology. This combination of observations on nature and philosophical explorations is also present in several of her other books, including For the Time Being and Holy the Firm.
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Official Annie Dillard Website - A site maintained by Dillard herself, provides contact information as well as complete bibliographic information and a curriculum vitae.
Meta Description: [ The official website of author Annie Dillard. Includes a bibliography of her work, a curriculum vitae, and photographs. ]
Annie Dillard - Offers a comprehensive bibliography, biographical timeline, and comments by Dillard on other authors.
Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction - A yearly writing competition reflecting the work and style of Annie Dillard.
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