Dillard, Annie (1945—)
One of the best-known writers of the twentieth century and winner of the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction, Annie Dillard developed a following unique among writ...
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Annie Dillard (1945 – ) American Writer
Often compared to the American naturalist Henry David Thoreau, Dillard—a novelist, memoir writer, essayist, poet, and author of books about the na...
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Annie Dillard has carved a unique niche for herself in the world of American letters. Over the course of her career, Dillard has written essays, a memoir, poetry, literary criticism, and even a wester...
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Annie Dillard, a contemporary nature writer of major significance, combines the study of nature with readings in theology, philosophy, and the sciences. Dillard writes primarily narrative nonfiction e...
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Poet, essayist, and novelist Annie Dillard entered the 1974 literary scene with a book of poems called Tickets for a Prayer Wheel and a Thoreauvian natural history titled Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. The ...
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Annie Dillard--the eldest of three daughters of Frank and Pam Doak--grew up in a world of country clubs, debutante parties, and private girls' schools in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her father was an ex...
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John James Audubon and Annie Dillard both describe the flights of the flocks of birds the see, incorporating their feelings about the experience into their observations. Audubon approaches his flock's...
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