Marilynne Robinson

Garth Greenwell, Yaa Gyasi, and Adam Haslett with book covers

Three Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumni win big in literary awards season

Garth Greenwell, Yaa Gyasi, and Adam Haslett, among others, recognized nationally
By: Cristóbal McKinney  |  2017.05.11  |  08:23 am
Alumni from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop won an exceptional number of national literary awards in this year’s awards season. The novels of three alumni in particular—Adam Haslett, Garth Greenwell, and Yaa Gyasi—received numerous honors. Workshop director Lan Samantha Chang says alumni were heavily represented in all categories of literary award.

Honors Library of Congress to hold special event honoring Marilynne Robinson

By: Office of Strategic Communication  |  2017.03.27  |  04:28 pm
Marilynne Robinson, professor emerita at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, will be honored at the Library of Congress with a special event titled Fiction, Faith and the Imagination on Monday, April 3. The event will be live-streamed on the Library’s YouTube site at youtube.com/libraryofcongress.
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Marilynne Robinson, according to her students and friends

Former students recall Robinson’s influence on their careers
By: Cristóbal McKinney  |  2016.09.23  |  11:59 am
Upon the announcement of Marilynne Robinson’s retirement last spring, “Iowa Now” interviewed six former students about her influence on their writing. Listen to their inspiring accounts.

Honors UI alumnus awarded National Humanities Medal

By: Office of Strategic Communication  |  2016.09.14  |  05:06 pm
Physician and author Abraham Verghese, who received an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop in 1991, is among the recipients of the 2015 National Humanities Medal.
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25 years at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop

Robinson had profound effect on many aspiring authors
By: Mikael Mulugeta  |  2016.05.10  |  08:56 am
When Marilynne Robinson began teaching at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, she quickly became an influential instructor and nationally respected figure. Now, after 25 years, she retires from the workshop having inspired many.

Honors Robinson named to the 'Time' 100

By: Office of Strategic Communication  |  2016.04.25  |  02:36 pm
Marilynne Robinson, Pulitzer Prize–winning author and F. Wendell Miller Professor of English and Creative Writing in the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, was named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2016.

Honors Robinson to receive Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction

By: Office of Strategic Communication  |  2016.03.29  |  03:15 pm
Marilynne Robinson, Pulitzer Prize–winning author and Professor of English and Creative Writing in the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, will receive the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction during the 2016 Library of Congress National Book Festival on Sept. 24.
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Iowa City Press-Citizen Robinson among National Book Award finalists

External Media | 2014.10.15 | 04:06 pm

Pulitzer Prize winner and Iowa Writers’ Workshop faculty member Marilynne Robinson was named a finalist Wednesday for the National Book Award. Robinson was cited for Lila, the third of an Iowa-based trilogy that began with her Pulitzer Prize-winning Gilead.

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