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Annie Dillard

1945 - Today

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Annie Dillard (née Doak; born April 30, 1945) is an American author, best known for her narrative prose in both fiction and nonfiction. She has published works of poetry, essays, prose, and literary criticism, as well as two novels and one memoir. Her 1974 book Pilgrim at Tinker Creek won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. From 1980, Dillard taught for 21 years in the English department of Wesleyan University, in Middletown, Connecticut. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Annie Dillard is the 6,564th most popular writer (up from 6,574th in 2024), the 12,882nd most popular biography from United States (down from 12,759th in 2019) and the 920th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Annie Dillard ranks 6,564 out of 7,302. Before her are Graciano Rocchigiani, Lidija Dimkovska, George Peele, Michael Arlen, William Kennedy, and Dmitry Bykov. After her are Kofi Awoonor, Coventry Patmore, Nambi Narayanan, Dulce Chacón, R. S. Thomas, and Aleksandar Hemon.

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Among people born in 1945, Annie Dillard ranks 646. Before her are Daniel Rudisha, Tom Ridge, Byron Beck, Amjad Ali Khan, David S. Johnson, and Kevin Berry. After her are Ron Glass, Pat Conroy, Shekhar Mehta, Suzanne Farrell, Larry Craig, and Dan Harrington.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Annie Dillard ranks 12,886 out of 20,380. Before her are Bruce Baumgartner (1960), Bill Fagerbakke (1957), George Walsh (1889), JTG (1984), Kelli Williams (1970), and Cam Clarke (1957). After her are Madeline Zima (1985), Betsey Johnson (1942), Kathleen Sebelius (1948), Amos Eaton (1776), David J. Tholen (1955), and Michael Romeo (1968).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Annie Dillard ranks 920. Before her are Studs Terkel (1912), Gertrude Atherton (1857), Jodi Picoult (1966), John P. Marquand (1893), Norman Podhoretz (1930), and William Kennedy (1928). After her are John Scalzi (1969), Pat Conroy (1945), Karen Joy Fowler (1950), P. C. Cast (1960), Joel Osteen (1963), and Alice Stone Blackwell (1857).

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