Annie DILLARD

Background

DILLARD, Annie was born on April 30, 1945 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Frank Doak and Gloria Lambert.

Education

Bachelor, Hollins College, 1967; Master of Arts, Hollins College, 1968.

Career

Contributing editor, Harper's Magazine, New York City, 1974-1981, 83-85; scholar-in-residence, Western Washington U., Bellingham, 1975-1978; distinguished visiting professor, Wesleyan University, 1979-1983; Adjunct Professor, Wesleyan University, since 1983; writer-in-residence, Wesleyan University, since 1987; board directors Writers Conference, Wesleyan University, since 1984; chairman, Wesleyan University, since 1991. Fellow Calhoun College, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Phi Beta Kappa orator Harvard-Radcliffe U., 1983.

Member United States writers delegate University of California at Los Angeles United States.-ChineseWriters Conference, 1982. Member United States cultural delegate to China, 1982. Board directors The New Press, Key West Writers Conference, Wesleyan Writers Conference, KeyWest Literary Seminars.

Member usage panel American Heritage Dictionary.

Achievements

• Annie Dillard has been listed as a notable Author by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Mornings Like This: Found Poems

    (In Mornings Like This, Annie Dillard extracts and rearran...)

  • Encounters with Chinese Writers

    (Winner of the New England Book Show Award It’s been a pi...)

  • The Annie Dillard Reader

    ( Annie Dillard -- "one of the most distinctive voices in...)

  • Holy the Firm

    ( In 1975 Annie Dillard took up residence on an island in...)

  • Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters

    (Here, in this compelling assembly of writings, Pulitzer P...)

  • Tickets for a Prayer Wheel: Poetry

    (A stunning poetry collection by the Pulitzer Prize-winnin...)

  • Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Chinese Edition)

    (The author takes one year to investigate the listening br...)

  • Pilgrim at Tinker Creek ; An American childhood ; The writing life

    (This is a collection of Annie Dillards work that was publ...)

  • Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

    (SIGNED EDITION Factory Sealed - Shrinkwrapped Easton Pres...)

  • Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

    ( Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is the story of a dramatic year...)

  • Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

    (Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is the story of a dramatic year i...)

  • Living by Fiction

    ( Living by Fiction is written for--and dedicated to--peo...)

  • Three by Annie Dillard: The Writing Life, An American Childhood, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

    (A stunning collection of Annie Dillard's most popular boo...)

  • By Annie Dillard - Holy the Firm (Revised) (11/30/98)

    (Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)

  • Three By Annie Dillard - Pilgrim At Tinker Creek; An American Childhood; The Writing Life

    (Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include compa...)

  • Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Hardback) - Common

    (Pilgrim at Tinker Creek)

  • Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

    (Prose of Annie Dillard)

  • by Annie Dillard (Author)Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Paperback)

    (paperback book)

  • Encounters with Chinese Writers by Dillard, Annie (1984) Paperback

    (Reprint)

  • Living by Fiction by Annie Dillard (1988-09-30)

    (Novel)

  • Holy the Firm by Annie Dillard (1977) Hardcover

    (1st)

  • Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters by Dillard, Annie (2013) Paperback
  • The Annie Dillard Rader : from Pilgrim at Tinker Creek / Teaching A Stone to Talk / Holy the Firm / An American Childhood / The Living
  • The Annie Dillard Reader from Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Holy the Firm, An American Childhoold ,The Living, Teaching a Stone to Talk
  • (Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters) Author: Annie Dillard published on (October, 2013)
  • Tickets for a Prayer Wheel (Wesleyan Poetry Series) by Annie Dillard (2002-11-12)
  • Pilgrim At Tinker Creek an American Childhood the Wrting Life
  • For the Time Being
  • Teaching a Stone to Talk Publisher: Harper Perennial; Revised edition
  • An American Childhood
  • Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
  • Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
  • Three by Annie Dillard: The Writing Life, An American Childhood, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard (1990-11-21)
  • The Writing Life
  • Encounters with Chinese Writers
  • (Modern American Memoirs ) Author: Annie Dillard Sep-1996
  • Modern American Memoirs Publisher: Harper Perennial
  • Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.; Unabridged edition
  • Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
  • Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Publisher: Buccaneer Books

Membership

Member National Committee on United States-China Rels., since 1982, Catholic Commission Intellectual and Cultural Affairs, St. Mary's Soup Kitchen, Key West, Florida. Board directors Milton Center, Authors League Fund. Member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Society American Historians, Poetry Society American, Authors Guild, National.Citizens for Public Libraries, Century Association Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married R.H.W. Dillard, 1965 (divorced). Married Gary Clevidence, 1980 (divorced). 1 child, Cody Rose; stepchildren: Carin, Shelly.

Married Robert D. Richardson, Junior, 1988.

Father:

Frank Doak

Mother:

Pam (Lambert) Doak

Spouse:

Robert D. Richardson

Spouse:

Gary Clevidence

Spouse:

R.H.W. Dillard

child:

Cody Rose Dillard

child:

Carin Dillard

child:

Shelly Dillard