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Annie Dillard

Autore di Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

32+ opere 19,801 membri 358 recensioni 118 preferito

Sull'Autore

Annie Dillard was born Annie Doak in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on April 30, 1945. She received a B.A and an M.A. in English from Hollins College. She writes both fiction and nonfiction books including Tickets for a Prayer Wheel, Holy the Firm, Teaching a Stone to Talk, The Living, and Mornings Like mostra altro This: Found Poems. She won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. She wrote an autobiography entitled An American Childhood. Her work also has appeared in such periodicals as The Atlantic, Harper's Magazine, The Christian Science Monitor, and Cosmopolitan. She taught for 21 years in the English department of Wesleyan University. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Annie Dillard

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (1974) 5,456 copie
The Writing Life (1989) 2,560 copie
An American Childhood (1987) 2,205 copie
For the Time Being (1999) 1,247 copie
The Maytrees: A Novel (2007) 1,246 copie
The Living (1992) 1,197 copie
Holy the Firm (1977) 1,174 copie
Living by Fiction (1982) 765 copie
The Annie Dillard Reader (1994) 354 copie
Tickets for a Prayer Wheel (1974) 269 copie
Modern American Memoirs (1995) — A cura di — 189 copie

Opere correlate

Un albero cresce a Brooklyn (1943)alcune edizioni16,432 copie
The Art of the Personal Essay (1994) — Collaboratore — 1,370 copie
The Best American Essays of the Century (2000) — Collaboratore — 774 copie
Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas (2004) — Collaboratore — 756 copie
Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir (1987) — Collaboratore — 495 copie
American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau (2008) — Collaboratore — 414 copie
The Norton Book of Women's Lives (1993) — Collaboratore — 411 copie
Cries of the Spirit: A Celebration of Women's Spirituality (2000) — Collaboratore — 372 copie
Baseball: A Literary Anthology (2002) — Collaboratore — 336 copie
Maiden Voyages: Writings of Women Travelers (1993) — Collaboratore — 192 copie
The Best American Essays 1999 (1999) — Collaboratore — 184 copie
The Norton Book of Personal Essays (1997) — Collaboratore — 142 copie
The Penguin Book of Women's Humour (1996) — Collaboratore — 118 copie
The Best American Essays 1990 (1990) — Collaboratore — 117 copie
Winter: A Spiritual Biography of the Season (1986) — Collaboratore — 103 copie
The Best American Essays 1989 (1989) — Collaboratore — 100 copie
A Literary Christmas: Great Contemporary Christmas Stories (1992) — Collaboratore — 70 copie
The Seasons of Women: An Anthology (1995) — Collaboratore — 46 copie
Spring: A Spiritual Biography of the Season (2006) — Collaboratore — 33 copie
Antaeus No. 75/76, Autumn 1994 - The Final Issue (1994) — Collaboratore — 32 copie
Constructing Nature: Readings from the American Experience (1996) — Collaboratore — 17 copie
Meditations In Light (1989) — Collaboratore — 12 copie
Night: A Literary Companion (2009) — Collaboratore — 8 copie

Etichette

Americano (355) Antologia (598) Autobiografia (313) Biografia (304) Brooklyn (333) classici (450) Classico (477) da leggere (1,941) donne (190) Famiglia (174) favoriti (148) Filosofia (209) Infanzia (129) Letteratura (593) Letteratura americana (416) letto (363) Memorie (1,091) Narrativa (2,395) Natale (123) Natura (801) New York (stato) (331) New York City (157) non letto (206) Novecento (290) passaggio all'età adulta (420) Poesia (347) posseduto (185) Povertà (272) racconti (153) Religione (141) Romanzo (300) romanzo storico (343) saggi (1,616) Saggio (163) Saggistica (1,558) Scrittura (943) Spiritualità (267) Storia (115) Storia naturale (178) YA (156)

Informazioni generali

Nome legale
Doak, Meta Ann (born)
Data di nascita
1945-04-30
Sesso
female
Nazionalità
USA
Nazione (per mappa)
USA
Luogo di nascita
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Luogo di residenza
Middletown, Connecticut, USA
Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Lummi Island, Bellingham, Washington, USA
Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA
Istruzione
Hollins College (BA|English)
Hollins College (MA|English)
The Ellis School
Attività lavorative
poet
professor
novelist
essayist
short-story writer
literary critic (mostra tutto 7)
painter
Relazioni
Dillard, R. H. W. (husband|divorced)
Richardson, Robert D., Jr. (husband)
Smith, Lee (friend)
Organizzazioni
American Academy of Arts and Letters ( [1999])
International PEN
Poetry Society of America
Society of American Historians
NAACP
National Citizens for Public Libraries (mostra tutto 15)
Phi Beta Kappa
Harper's Magazine (editor)
Western Washington University (scholar-in-residence)
Wesleyan University (professor)
Wesleyan Writers' Conference (chair)
American Heritage Dictionary (usage panelistl)
Catholic Commission on Intellectual and Cultural Affairs
Partners in Health
The Virginia Woolfs
Premi e riconoscimenti
Campion Award (1994)
Washington Governor's Award for Literature (1977)
Appalachian Gold Medallion ( [1989])
St. Botolph's Club Foundation Award (1989)
History Maker Award (Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania ∙ 1993)
Connecticut Governor's Arts Award (1993) (mostra tutto 14)
Milton Prize (1994)
Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame (1997)
Academy Award in Literature (American Academy of Arts and Letters ∙ 1998)
New York Public Library Literary Lion (1984)
Boston Public Library Literary Light (1990)
Middletown Commission on the Arts Award (1987)
Phi Beta Kappa
Bollingen Prize (1984)
Agente
Timothy Seldes (Russell and Volkening)

Utenti

Discussioni

Annie Dillard in Non-Fiction Readers (Aprile 2016)
Group Read- Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, by Annie Dillard in 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (Febbraio 2014)

Recensioni

Annie Dillard is an acquired taste, and I thought that I had acquired it. I started [Pilgrim at Tinker Creek] many years ago, and couldn't get into it. Then I picked it up again a few years ago, and virtually drowned in it. I read [An American Childhood] with great pleasure. When I started [The Maytrees] late last year and wasn't pulled in, I decided I needed to wait until life was quieter, or my mood was, or something. I re-started it a few weeks ago, and was ripping right along until I hit a snag in the plot line that made me want to throw things. I put it aside, to deliberate whether I wanted to continue. Waffled. Read a few more chapters. Almost decided to give it up. Read other LT reviews. Counted the pages left. Decided by god to finish the thing. So I did.
As another LT'er wrote here, it works best as a book-length poem, rather than a novel. There is amazing imagery here. And insight into the human heart. But there are many many sentences that just don't say anything I can grasp. Syntax to Dillard is a plaything, and sometimes she breaks a window with it. If you blink your eyes, you'll miss the story. I want story. I closed the book dissatisfied with both the author and myself. I suspect I may one day revisit this novel. A second reading might be just what it needs.
Read and reviewed in 2009
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laytonwoman3rd | 52 altre recensioni | Mar 28, 2024 |
Wonderful book. Something of a departure for me, as generally I like to read more science based nature books. This one was full of poetry, philosophy, Pliny quotes and particle physics. There are scenes that might haunt you for years to come ( a butterfly from her school days, a section on parasites) and other parts that might lift your spirit. There is very little straightforward narrative, so if you are looking for that , look elsewhere.
 
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cspiwak | 104 altre recensioni | Mar 6, 2024 |
How could an Annie Dillard book only get four stars from me? I'm thinking about it in the context of her other work. I came to this book expecting it to be a book from which I could glean some writing advice, even if not directly. And that's how the book is marketed in most contexts. I wasn't able. Not any more than I could from Cather's *O Pioneers* which I just finished. Or from a collection of James Wright's letters. Part of learning to write is to learn what you like from other writers and to emulate them. I guess. That's certainly true about this book. There are few writers who write more compelling and transcendent descriptions than Dillard. My only criticism is that the book lacked focus. It feels like a collection of essays written over the years that didn't really fit into any other collections. Each was beautiful in its own right. But that last chapter about the aerial stunt pilot is incredible. Dillard prose feels both musical and balletic. Like a conductor bringing a score into being without playing an instrument. Magic.… (altro)
 
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trauman | 54 altre recensioni | Feb 6, 2024 |
Beautiful essays and encouragement on the writing process. Dillard is like an old friend.
 
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Aidan767 | 54 altre recensioni | Feb 1, 2024 |

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Statistiche

Opere
32
Opere correlate
35
Utenti
19,801
Popolarità
#1,095
Voto
4.2
Recensioni
358
ISBN
239
Lingue
8
Preferito da
118

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