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Annie Dillard

Born

in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, The United States

April 30, 1945

Website

http://www.anniedillard.com/

Genre

Nonfiction, Literature & Fiction, Poetry

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Annie Dillard is an American author celebrated for her distinctive narrative voice in both fiction and nonfiction, as well as for her work in poetry, essays, literary criticism, novels, and memoir. She gained wide recognition with Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, a meditative exploration of nature and perception that received the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and established her as a major literary figure. Raised in Pittsburgh, her formative years were marked by wide reading, close observation of the natural world, and a family environment that encouraged curiosity and wit, experiences later reflected in her memoir An American Childhood. She studied English, theology, and creative writing at Hollins College, where her academic engagement wi ...more

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Average rating: 4.01 · 96,662 ratings · 11,513 reviews · 68 distinct works • Similar authors

	Pilgrim at Tinker Creek 4.07 avg rating — 30,852 ratings — published 1974	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Writing Life: The Classic Essay Collection on the Creative Process 3.98 avg rating — 18,774 ratings — published 1989 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An American Childhood 3.91 avg rating — 10,700 ratings — published 1987 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters 4.15 avg rating — 7,169 ratings — published 1982 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Maytrees 3.61 avg rating — 6,838 ratings — published 2007 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Holy the Firm 4.20 avg rating — 5,652 ratings — published 1977 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	For the Time Being: Essays 4.14 avg rating — 4,522 ratings — published 1999 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Living 3.86 avg rating — 3,382 ratings — published 1992 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Abundance 4.01 avg rating — 2,390 ratings — published 2016 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Living by Fiction: A Classic Work of Literary Criticism on Contemporary and Traditional Fiction for Literature Lovers 3.95 avg rating — 1,048 ratings — published 1983 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live.”
― Annie Dillard, The Living

tags: books, literature, reading, words

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“One of the few things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time...give it, give it all, give it now.”
― Annie Dillard

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“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”
― Annie Dillard, The Writing Life: The Classic Essay Collection on the Creative Process

tags: life, living

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June 2026 New School Classics Poll

Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin 1955, 192 pgs.

33 votes, 24.8%

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 2003, 371 pgs.

31 votes, 23.3%

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 1997, 503 pgs.

24 votes, 18.0%

Heat and Dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala 1975, 181 pgs.

13 votes, 9.8%

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard 1974, 288 pgs.

11 votes, 8.3%

Portnoy’s Complaint by Philip Roth 1969, 274 pgs.

10 votes, 7.5%

Little Big Man by Thomas Berger 1964, 422 pgs.

8 votes, 6.0%

The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker 1973, 336 pgs.

3 votes, 2.3%

133 total votes

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