Celebrated Nature Writer Annie Dillard Dies at 81

Annie Dillard died Tuesday at her home in South Wellfleet, Massachusetts, at 81, Maggie Nelson, who handles her literary work, confirmed. Dillard published Pilgrim at Tinker Creek when she was 28. It won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize, a major U.S. award for true-life writing. People will now likely discuss how her other books are taught and remembered.