Denis Johnson (1949–2017)
Author of Jesus' Son: Stories
About the Author
Denis Johnson was born in Munich, Germany on July 1, 1949. He received a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from the University of Iowa. He published his first book of poetry, The Man Among the Seals, at the age of 19. However, addictions to alcohol and drugs derailed him and he was in a show more psychiatric ward at the age of 21. He was sober by the early 1980s. Along with writing several volumes of poetry, Johnson wrote short stories for The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, Esquire, Paris Review, and Best American Short Stories. His novels included Angels, Jesus' Son, Resuscitation of a Hanged Man, Already Dead, Nobody Move, Train Dreams, and The Laughing Monsters. He won the National Book Award in 2007 for Tree of Smoke. He also received the Award for Literature from the American Academy of Arts, the Robert Frost Award, and the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. He died of liver cancer on May 24, 2017 at the age of 67. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by Denis Johnson
The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly: Poems Collected and New (1995) 166 copies
Emergency (Short Story) 3 copies
Work (short story) 1 copy
Soul of a Whore: Act 1 1 copy
Soul of a Whore: Act 3 1 copy
Soul of a Whore: Act 2 1 copy
Lucky 1 copy
Dundun (Short Story) 1 copy
The Man Among the Seals 1 copy
Associated Works
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: Fifty North American American Stories Since 1970 (1999) — Contributor — 511 copies
McSweeney's Issue 14 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): McSweeney's at War for the Foreseeable Future and He's Never Been… (2004) — Contributor — 400 copies
McSweeney's Issue 11 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): It Can Be Free (2003) — Contributor — 322 copies
Object Lessons: The Paris Review Presents the Art of the Short Story (2012) — Contributor — 221 copies
McSweeney's Issue 9 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): We Feel This One Is More Urgent (2002) — Contributor — 201 copies
The Workshop: Seven Decades of the Iowa Writers Workshop - 43 Stories, Recollections, & Essays on Iowa's Place in… (1999) — Contributor — 188 copies
Adaptations: From Short Story to Big Screen: 35 Great Stories That Have Inspired Great Films (2005) — Contributor — 122 copies
Mentors, Muses & Monsters: 30 Writers on the People Who Changed Their Lives (2009) — Contributor — 67 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Johnson, Denis Hale
- Birthdate
- 1949-07-01
- Date of death
- 2017-05-24
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA (birth)
- Birthplace
- Munich, Germany
- Place of death
- Sea Ranch, Sonoma County, California, USA
- Cause of death
- cancer (liver)
- Places of residence
- Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Tokyo, Japan
Manila, Philippines
Virginia, USA
Arizona, USA
Idaho, USA - Education
- University of Iowa
- Occupations
- playwright
author
poet - Organizations
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (2014)
- Awards and honors
- Lannan Literary Award (Fiction, 1993)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 1993)
Whiting Writers' Award (1986)
Award of Merit (Novel, 2009)
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Statistics
- Works
- 35
- Also by
- 30
- Members
- 12,317
- Popularity
- #1,902
- Rating
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- Reviews
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- ISBNs
- 285
- Languages
- 16
- Favorited
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