| | 24,144 (50,825) | 1,290 | 752 |  (3.86) | 138 | 0 | Marilynne Robinson's first novel, Housekeeping, won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award. Her other novels include Mother Country and Lila. Gilead won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award and Home won the Orange Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Her nonfiction books include When I Was a Child I Read Books, Absence of Mind, and The Death of Adam. She was the recipient of a 2012 National Humanities Medal, awarded by President Barack Obama. She received the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction in 2016. She has been named the winner of the Richard C Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award as part of the 2016 Dayton Literary Peace Prize. She was included on Time magazine's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Gilead … (more) |
Works by Marilynne Robinson Gilead 10,056 copies, 355 reviews Home 3,338 copies, 142 reviews Lila 2,095 copies, 105 reviews Jack 546 copies, 31 reviews Also by Marilynne Robinson The Awakening (Introduction, some editions) 8,424 copies, 165 reviews Top members (works)Henbaben (69), e-zReader (57), biblio99 (41), nighthawk4486 (26), edparks (18), agenbiteofinwit (18), BookHavenAZ (18), ckadams5 (16), jasbro (16), JRsLibrary (15), Pages_Aplenty (15), LouisaK (14), kipen (14), kevincawley (13) — more Recently addedKTSutton (2), Arina8888 (3), michelemontague (1), kristiederuiter (1), rjcrutcher (1), ndyso8 (1), Kaitaka (1) Legacy LibrariesMember favoritesMembers: poorbillypilgrim, cr124, claytonhowl, wgyn, steller0707, tdwatson2, mkunruh, DetailMuse, JacobHolt, aprille, surtsey, sprainedbrain, gust, Juva, KingfisherLibrary, marise, browner56, Henry_Bemis, IndyLibrarian, kitzyl (show 118 more), mandy42990, BooksForYears, jnwelch, souloftherose, AngelaMBarry, lauralkeet, Osbaldistone, Laura1124, MagicLibrarian, pbcarden, maritimer, afmarble, emilyjean, drewxpx, fridalee, AmourFou, nacuba, sonofcarc, ghostwire, bemidbar, Dani.Koltrast, andrewmichaelprice, Dilara86, private member, raketa, jmtownsend, Himalmitra, ang, mdoris, peterveen, Eschwa, PeggyHerring, private member, GeneRuyle, private member, countrylife, MamaLlama, yalife, WakefieldGuy, egallion, RobinDawson, pinaster, perlle, wilsonknut, jessmcgregor, shaunie, KariRose, kambrogi, RebeccaRasmussen, bookerTB, alexshephard, valerette, Altariel, campbs1, bethcanz, slwenz20, jlhilljr, corinneblackmer, MichelleHoover, Ringtales, denise_parsons, blackhornet, private member, Mr.Durick, Ms_Inkslinger, fig2, OperaMan_22, Bridget770, oldblack, TatjanaSoli, beardo, Laurenbdavis, LukeS, solla, private member, jfetting, Krendalin, bluebyrd, LynnB, TomH, Griff, fridaysixpm, susanj, cannedhiss, kylekatz, wunderkind, Donna828, LKHunsaker, homelystar, private member, thedharmabum51, scarper, InvernessFalls, keren7, msvictrola, phylactery, rosalita, CelesteM, pdever, alexknapik, 1morechapter, vnovak, private member, NativeRoses, letranger, posthumose, survivingniki, coreymesler, andrealibrarian, chamekke, wordsampersand, anonymousblack, fsofield, June6Bug, jennyo, circumspice, blakefraina, merey.june Marilynne Robinson has 1 media appearance. Marilynne Robinson + Marcelo Gleiser on The Mystery We Are On Being, Thursday, November 8, 2012 at 0am What do a fiction writer and an astrophysicist have in common? Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Marilynne Robinson, together with physicist Marcelo Gleiser, connect dots between the cosmos, our minds, and all the ways we discover the story of where we came from. (Shortride)Marilynne Robinson has 17 past events. (show)  Reading/Q&A/Signing with Marilynne Robinson The Pulitzer-prize winning author, Marilynne Robinson, will visit both Gonzaga University and Auntie’s Bookstore this February. The Sandpoint, Idaho native has written numerous novels and essays over her storied career, while splitting her time between her craft and teaching at the Iowa Writer’s Workshop. Those familiar with Robinson will most definitely know of the fierce intelligence and depth contained in her writing. With her first novel, Housekeeping, in 1980, Robinson made a mark on the literary community and received critical acclaim. She did not write her second novel until 2004 (Gilead), which promptly won the Pulitzer for fiction. Between novels Robinson wrote several volumes of nonfiction, including a book on nuclear pollution and The death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought.
Marilynne Robinson’s visit to Spokane, made possible by Gonzaga University, is a rare treat for literature lovers and is an event not to be missed.
Location: Street: Auntie's Bookstore/ Mezz Additional: 402 W Main Ave City: Spokane, Province: Washington Postal Code: 99201-0214 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)In Conversation with Marilynne Robinson and Colm Tóibín Pulitzer Prize winner Marilynne Robinson and International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award winner Colm Tóibín sit down with the CBC’s Eleanor Wachtel for a riveting discussion about their most recent works. Friday, October 24, 2014 - 7:30 PM Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay West, Toronto M5J 2G8 Cost: $25/$20 supporters, FREE students & youth 25 and under (Jenni_Canuck)… (more)Event location: Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay West, Toronto M5J 2G8  Lila Meet Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marilynne Robinson as she reads from her new novel Lila. In conversation with Paul Harding. (added from Macmillan)Free Library of Philadelphia - Marilynne Robinson - Lila Lila Marilynne Robinson Marilynne Robinson won a PEN/Hemingway award for Housekeeping, her 1980 debut novel about transience, loss, and survival. Gilead, her “serenely beautiful” (Washington Post) tale of three generations of an ordinary but unforgettable family, won a Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. In Home, she revisited the town of Gilead, Iowa in a reimagined prodigal son parable of children returning home to care for their dying father. In 2013, Robinson was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama for her “grace and intelligence in writing.” Lila revisits the beloved characters and countryside of Gilead and Home. Parkway Central Library 1901 Vine Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 (between 19th and 20th Streets on the Parkway) This is a TICKETED event; $15 General Admission, $7 Students. For more information, please call 215-567-4341, or click here
Location: Street: Free Library of Philadelphia Additional: 1901 Vine Street City: Philadelphia, Province: Pennsylvania Postal Code: 19103-5207 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more) Lila Meet Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marilynne Robinson as she reads from her new novel Lila. Also with Colm Tóibín. (added from Macmillan)Lila Meet Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marilynne Robinson as she reads from her new novel Lila. (added from Macmillan) THE BIG READ! Teen Writing Workshop This event will be held at Oblong Books & Music, 6422 Montgomery St., Rhinebeck, NY. Share this event on Facebook! Are you 13-18 years old and have an idea for a young adult novel or are you just curious about the genre? Bard college students will lead a workshop for aspiring teen writers using excerpts from Marilynne Robinson's novel, Housekeeping, as a springboard for their own writing around character, landscape, and plot. Admission: FREE - Participants are asked to bring a notebook and a pen or pencil. This event is presented by Bard Center for Civic Engagement as part of the 2014 Big Read. The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts, designed to revitalize the role of literature in American culture and to encourage citizens to read for pleasure and enlightenment. Purchase & Download the e-book Here!
Location: Street: 6422 Montgomery St., Suite 6 City: Rhinebeck, Province: New York Postal Code: 12572-0482 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)THE BIG READ! BOOK DISCUSSION - "Housekeeping" by Marilynne Robinson This event will be held at Oblong Books & Music, 6422 Montgomery St., Rhinebeck, NY. Share this event on Facebook! The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts, designed to revitalize the role of literature in American culture and to encourage citizens to read for pleasure and enlightenment.
This BIG READ Book Discussion is presented in partnership with Bard College Center for Civic Engagement and will be led by two distinguished Bard professors - Deirdre d'Albertis, Professor of English & Literature Program Director & Mary Caponegro, Richard B. Fisher Family Professor in Literature and Writing & Codirector, Written Arts Program.
The event is FREE and open to all who wish to participate.
A modern classic, Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping is the story of Ruth and her younger sister, Lucille, who grow up haphazardly, first under the care of their competent grandmother, then of two comically bumbling great-aunts, and finally of Sylvie, their eccentric and remote aunt. The family house is in the small Far West town of Fingerbone set on a glacial lake, the same lake where their grandfather died in a spectacular train wreck, and their mother drove off a cliff to her death. It is a town "chastened by an outsized landscape and extravagant weather, and chastened again by an awareness that the whole of human history had occurred elsewhere." Ruth and Lucille's struggle toward adulthood beautifully illuminates the price of loss and survival, and the dangerous and deep undertow of transience.
Marilynne Robinson is the author of the bestselling novels Home, Gilead (winner of the Pulitzer Prize), Housekeeping, and two books of nonfiction, Mother Country and The Death of Adam. She teaches at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop.
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Location: Street: 6422 Montgomery St., Suite 6 City: Rhinebeck, Province: New York Postal Code: 12572-0482 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)Voyage Out Book Club - discussing Housekeeping Join Sarah and Brian C. the last Sunday of every month as we use wonderful books to travel the world. We are currently discussing books in the Latin American fiction genre, and this month we are reading Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson. Monthly book club picks are 10% off for people who attend the discussion! Location: Street: 603 N Lamar Blvd City: Austin, Province: Texas Postal Code: 78703-5413 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)Gilead Marilynne Robinson has written three highly acclaimed novels (Housekeeping, Gilead, and Home) as well as two works of nonfiction (Mother Country and The Death of Adam). Gilead won the both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Critic Michael Dirda describes the novel as “so serenely beautiful, and written in a prose so gravely measured and thoughtful, that one feels touched with grace just to read it.” Robinson is highly sought after as both an essayist and a public speaker and is revered by a generation of young writers for her difficult but ultimately consoling advice on writing and living as a writer.
talk on Gilead: Monday, March 18
Marilynne Robinson visit: Wednesday, March 20
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