![]() ![]() ![]() She received her Doctor of Philosophy degree in English from the University of Washington in 1977. At Brown, one of her teachers was the celebrated postmodern novelist John Hawkes. She did her undergraduate work at Pembroke College, the former women's college at Brown University, receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree magna cum laude in 1966, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Her brother is the art historian David Summers, who dedicated his book Vision, Reflection, and Desire in Western Painting to her. Robinson was born as Marilynne Summers on Novemin Sandpoint, Idaho, the daughter of Eileen (Harris) and John J. ![]() The subjects of her essays span numerous topics, including the relationship between religion and science, US history, nuclear pollution, John Calvin, and contemporary American politics. Her novels are noted for their thematic depiction of faith and rural life. Robinson is best known for her novels Housekeeping (1980) and Gilead (2004). Robinson began teaching at the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1991 and retired in the spring of 2016. In 2016, Robinson was named in Time magazine's list of 100 most influential people. Across her writing career, Robinson has received numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2005, National Humanities Medal in 2012, and the 2016 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. Marilynne Summers Robinson (born November 26, 1943) is an American novelist and essayist. ![]()
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