Denis Johnson

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For Denis Johnson from London, who invented the bicycle forerunner called "hoy horse", see Denis Johnson (inventor).
Denis Johnson
Born 1949
Munich, Germany of American parents
Occupation Novelist
Nationality American
Writing period 1983 to present
Genres Fiction

Denis Johnson (born 1949 in Munich, West Germany) is an American writer who has written numerous novels, short stories and poems. He was raised in Tokyo, Manila, and Washington. He holds a masters (MFA) degree from the University of Iowa. His work was influenced by the novelist Leonard Gardner. He has received many awards for his work, including a Lannan Fellowship in Fiction in (1993) and a Whiting Writer’s Award (1986). His most famous work is the collection of short stories Jesus' Son. In 2006-2007, he held the Mitte Chair in creative writing at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas.

In 2002 Johnson won the Aga Khan Prize for Fiction from The Paris Review for Train Dreams

In 2007 Johnson won the National Book Award for his novel Tree of Smoke.[3]

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[edit] Works

[edit] Novels

[edit] Short stories

[edit] Poems

[edit] Plays

Johnson's plays have been produced in San Francisco, Chicago, New York, and Seattle. He is the Resident Playwright of Campo Santo, the resident theater company at Intersection for the Arts in San Francisco.

[edit] Non-fiction

[edit] References

  1. ^ "What Authors Influenced You?", Authorsontheweb.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-10.
  2. ^ "Scott Snyder", litpark, 2006-08-31. Retrieved on 2007-12-28.
  3. ^ Thompson, Bob (2007-11-15), Johnson's 'Tree of Smoke' Wins National Book Award, Washington Post, <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/14/AR2007111402806.html>. Retrieved on 15 November 2007 

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