Annie Dillard
American essayist and naturalist whose Pilgrim at Tinker Creek won the Pulitzer Prize for its intense, visionary attention to the natural world. The Writing Life is an unusually honest account of the writer's experience of writing. For the Time Being ranges across geology, Talmudic commentary, and the mystery of evil with fearless curiosity.
Works
- Pilgrim at Tinker CreekEssays combining natural observation, philosophy, and spirituality in narrative form
- The Writing LifeMeditation on the craft and practice of writing and artistic creation
- An American ChildhoodAutobiographical account of childhood in Pittsburgh and intellectual coming of age
- For the Time BeingEssays exploring faith, grief, and the experience of time and mortality
- Teaching a Stone to TalkEssays on nature writing and the process of careful observation and listening