Marilynne Robinson - When something ought to be true then it proves

When something ought to be true then it proves to be a very powerful truth.

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Robinson, Marilynne. Gilead. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004.

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About the Author

Marilynne Robinson

Born: November 26, 1943
Nationality: American
Profession: Novelist

Biography

Marilynne Summers Robinson is an American novelist and essayist. 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. In 2016, Robinson was named in Time magazine's list of 100 most influential people. Robinson began teaching at the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1991 and retired in the spring of 2016.

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