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Annie Dillard, Pulitzer prize-winning author of nonfiction and nature essays, dies aged 81

The Guardian Australia - Culture · 17 September 2026 at 1:51 am

Annie Dillard, Pulitzer prize-winning author of nonfiction and nature essays, dies aged 81

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, published when Dillard was 28, skyrocketed her to become one of the most prominent nonfiction writers of her generation Annie Dillard, author of the Pulitzer prize-winning book Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, died aged 81 at her home in South Wellfleet, Massachusetts on Tuesday.

Maggie Nelson, Dillard’s literary editor, confirmed her death to the New York Times .

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Annie Dillard, Pulitzer prize-winning author of nonfiction and nature essays, dies aged 81

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