Annie Dillard, the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek", died on Tuesday at her home in South Wellfleet, Massachusetts, aged 81. Her literary editor, Maggie Nelson, confirmed her death to the New York Times.
"Pilgrim at Tinker Creek", a nonfiction narrative about the natural world, was published in 1974 when Dillard was 28. The book achieved critical and financial success, leading to her becoming a prominent nonfiction writer of her generation. It won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction and was included in Modern Library’s list of 100 best nonfiction books in 1998.
Throughout her career, Dillard published poetry, essays, journalism, meditations on religion, literary theory, two novels, and a bestselling autobiography. Her 1987 autobiography was titled "An American Childhood", and her debut novel, "The Living", was published in 1992.