Back دينيس جونسون (كاتب) Arabic دينيس جونسون ARZ دنیس جانسون (یازیچی) AZB Дэніс Джонсан Byelorussian Denis Johnson German Denis Johnson Spanish Denis Johnson Basque دنیس جانسون (نویسنده) Persian Denis Johnson Finnish Denis Johnson (écrivain) French
Denis Johnson | |
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 Denis Johnson photographed by Oliver Mark, Berlin 2003 | |
| Born | Denis Hale Johnson[1] July 1, 1949 Munich, West Germany |
| Died | May 24, 2017 (aged 67) Gualala, California, U.S. |
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| Education | University of Iowa (BA, MFA) |
| Period | 1969–2017 |
| Genre | Fiction, nonfiction |
| Notable works | Angels Jesus' Son Train Dreams Tree of Smoke |
| Notable awards | National Book Award; National Poetry Series award |
Denis Hale Johnson (July 1, 1949 – May 24, 2017) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. He is perhaps best known for his debut short story collection, Jesus' Son (1992). His most successful novel, Tree of Smoke (2007), won the National Book Award for Fiction.[2] Johnson was twice shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.[3] Altogether, Johnson was the author of nine novels, one novella, two books of short stories, three collections of poetry, two collections of plays, and one book of reportage.[4] His final work, a book of short stories titled The Largesse of the Sea Maiden, was published posthumously in 2018.
- ^ Sandomir, Richard (26 May 2017). "Denis Johnson, Who Wrote of the Failed and the Desperate, Dies at 67". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Carlson, Michael (June 6, 2017). "Denis Johnson obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
- ^ Kean, Danuta (May 26, 2017). "Tree of Smoke author Denis Johnson dies aged 67". The Guardian. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
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