Annie Dillard, author of 'Pilgrim at Tinker Creek,' has died at 81
The writer, whose meditative account of a year in the Virginia woods became a touchstone of American nature writing, died at 81, according to The New York Times and Literary Hub.
Annie Dillard has died at 81, The New York Times and Literary Hub reported. Her death was confirmed by her literary executor, Maggie Nelson, according to Literary Hub.
Dillard published 'Pilgrim at Tinker Creek' at 28. The book, a Thoreau-like account of her wanderings and observations in the woods near her home, became the first in a long line of works meditating on nature, life, and the presence of good and evil in the world, according to The New York Times.
Literary Hub described her as a masterful stylist and a brilliant thinker who worked across many forms, calling her an invigorating writer known for her dedication and care.
No further details of her later work, career, or the circumstances of her death were given in the available reports.
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