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Annie Dillard, Who Became Youngest Woman to Win Pulitzer Prize with ‘Pilgrim at Tinker Creek,’ Dies at 81

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Annie Dillard, the Pittsburgh-born naturalist and author whose 1974 debut, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek , made her the youngest woman ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, died on September 15, 2026, at her home in South Wellfleet, Massachusetts. She was 81. Her…

First report: Remembering author Annie Dillard — wbur.org, 1d