WRITER
Marilynne Robinson
1943 - Today

Marilynne Robinson
Marilynne Summers Robinson (born November 26, 1943) is an American novelist and essayist. Across her writing career, Robinson has received numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2005, National Humanities Medal in 2012, and the 2016 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. In 2016, Robinson was named in Time magazine's list of 100 most influential people. Robinson began teaching at the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1991 and retired in the spring of 2016. Read more on Wikipedia
Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marilynne Robinson is the 4,242nd most popular writer (up from 4,908th in 2019), the 6,284th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,823rd in 2019) and the 478th most popular American Writer.
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Among WRITERS
Among writers, Marilynne Robinson ranks 4,242 out of 7,302. Before her are Tevfik Fikret, Glen A. Larson, Cassandra Clare, Eno Raud, María de Zayas, and Raphael Holinshed. After her are James Krüss, Pyotr Vyazemsky, Radclyffe Hall, Natallia Arsiennieva, Annemarie Selinko, and Vaikom Muhammad Basheer.
Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsTevfik Fikret
1867 - 1915
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 4,236
Glen A. Larson
1937 - 2014
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 4,237
Cassandra Clare
1973 - Present
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 4,238
Eno Raud
1928 - 1996
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 4,239
María de Zayas
1590 - 1961
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 4,240
Raphael Holinshed
1529 - 1580
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 4,241
Marilynne Robinson
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 4,242
James Krüss
1926 - 1997
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 4,243
Pyotr Vyazemsky
1792 - 1878
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 4,244
Radclyffe Hall
1880 - 1943
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 4,245
Natallia Arsiennieva
1903 - 1997
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 4,246
Annemarie Selinko
1914 - 1986
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 4,247
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
1908 - 1994
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 4,248
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1943, Marilynne Robinson ranks 403. Before her are Gigi Meroni, Janet Akyüz Mattei, Steve Clark, Serge Lama, Ingrid Gulbin, and Niles Eldredge. After her are Mike Bloomfield, Masatoshi Shima, Catherine Cesarsky, Christl Haas, Leslie Uggams, and Sharon Gless.
Others Born in 1943
Go to all RankingsGigi Meroni
SOCCER PLAYER
1943 - 1967
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 397
Janet Akyüz Mattei
ASTRONOMER
1943 - 2004
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 398
Steve Clark
SWIMMER
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 399
Serge Lama
SINGER
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 400
Ingrid Gulbin
ATHLETE
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 401
Niles Eldredge
GEOLOGIST
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 402
Marilynne Robinson
WRITER
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 403
Mike Bloomfield
MUSICIAN
1943 - 1981
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 404
Masatoshi Shima
CHEMIST
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 405
Catherine Cesarsky
ASTRONOMER
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 406
Christl Haas
SKIER
1943 - 2001
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 407
Leslie Uggams
ACTOR
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 408
Sharon Gless
ACTOR
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 409
In United States
Among people born in United States, Marilynne Robinson ranks 6,285 out of 20,380. Before her are Gene Autry (1907), Ellsworth Kelly (1923), Bruce Kulick (1953), Dick Boushka (1934), Shawn Crahan (1969), and Rance Howard (1928). After her are Ed Wynn (1886), Mike Bloomfield (1943), Richard H. Truly (1937), Edmund Beecher Wilson (1856), Vivien Thomas (1910), and Hal B. Wallis (1898).
Others born in United States
Go to all RankingsGene Autry
MUSICIAN
1907 - 1998
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 6,279
Ellsworth Kelly
PAINTER
1923 - 2015
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 6,280
Bruce Kulick
MUSICIAN
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 6,281
Dick Boushka
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1934 - 2019
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 6,282
Shawn Crahan
MUSICIAN
1969 - Present
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 6,283
Rance Howard
ACTOR
1928 - 2017
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 6,284
Marilynne Robinson
WRITER
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 6,285
Ed Wynn
ACTOR
1886 - 1966
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 6,286
Mike Bloomfield
MUSICIAN
1943 - 1981
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 6,287
Richard H. Truly
POLITICIAN
1937 - 2024
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 6,288
Edmund Beecher Wilson
BIOLOGIST
1856 - 1939
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 6,289
Vivien Thomas
PHYSICIAN
1910 - 1985
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 6,290
Hal B. Wallis
PRODUCER
1898 - 1986
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 6,291
Among WRITERS In United States
Among writers born in United States, Marilynne Robinson ranks 478. Before her are Francis Davis Millet (1848), Thomas Berger (1924), Ida B. Wells (1862), Tobias Wolff (1945), Robert Ettinger (1918), and Glen A. Larson (1937). After her are Anne Tyler (1941), Pauline Kael (1919), William Gaddis (1922), Margaret Weis (1948), Hal Clement (1922), and Philip Arthur Fisher (1907).
Francis Davis Millet
1848 - 1912
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 472
Thomas Berger
1924 - 2014
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 473
Ida B. Wells
1862 - 1931
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 474
Tobias Wolff
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 475
Robert Ettinger
1918 - 2011
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 476
Glen A. Larson
1937 - 2014
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 477
Marilynne Robinson
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 478
Anne Tyler
1941 - Present
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 479
Pauline Kael
1919 - 2001
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 480
William Gaddis
1922 - 1998
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 481
Margaret Weis
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 482
Hal Clement
1922 - 2003
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 483
Philip Arthur Fisher
1907 - 2004
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 484