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Also Known As	Annie Doak
Born	April 30, 1945 • Pittsburgh • Pennsylvania
Died	September 15, 2026 (aged 81) • Wellfleet • Massachusetts
Awards And Honors	Pulitzer Prize (1975)
Notable Works	“For the Time Being” • “Mornings Like This: Found Poems” • “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek” • “The Abundance: Narrative Essays Old and New” • “The Living” • “The Maytrees” • “Tickets for a Prayer Wheel”

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