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Marilynne Robinson, born 1943
Acclaimed author Marilynne Robinson first appeared on the literary scene with her book Housekeeping, which won the prestigious Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award in 1981. She spent the following two decades immersing herself in her role as a teacher and nonfiction writer for publications such as Harper's and the Paris Review. In 2005 she published Gilead, the first of a projected quartet of novels. It won the Pulitzer Prize and established Robinson as one of the nation's most important contemporary writers. She has distinguished herself, in particular, through her nuanced and thoughtful engagement with themes of family and Christianity.
Robinson currently lives and works in Iowa City, where she teaches at the Writer's Workshop at the University of Iowa and lives an admittedly "solitary" life. This is reflected in Alec Soth's quiet portrait, in which Robinson is partially hidden in a brilliantly lit landscape.
Alec Soth, 2014 |