Denis Johnson (1949–2017)
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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 mehr anzeigen 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) weniger anzeigen
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The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly: Poems Collected and New (1995) 166 Exemplare
Emergency (Short Story) 3 Exemplare
Work (short story) 1 Exemplar
Car-Crash While Hitchhiking (Short Story) 1 Exemplar
Soul of a Whore: Act 1 1 Exemplar
Soul of a Whore: Act 3 1 Exemplar
Soul of a Whore: Act 2 1 Exemplar
Lucky 1 Exemplar
The Poetry Chains of Dominic Luxford 1 Exemplar
Dundun (Short Story) 1 Exemplar
The Man Among the Seals 1 Exemplar
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(The Making of a Poem) By Strand, Mark (Author) paperback on (04 , 2001) (2000) — Mitwirkender — 1,254 Exemplare
Der Spatz meiner Herrin ist tot: Große Liebesgeschichten der Weltliteratur (2008) — Mitwirkender — 760 Exemplare
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: Fifty North American American Stories Since 1970 (1999) — Mitwirkender — 504 Exemplare
McSweeney's Issue 14 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): McSweeney's at War for the Foreseeable Future and He's Never Been… (2004) — Mitwirkender — 400 Exemplare
McSweeney's Issue 11 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): It Can Be Free (2003) — Mitwirkender — 322 Exemplare
Object Lessons: The Paris Review Presents the Art of the Short Story (2012) — Mitwirkender — 220 Exemplare
McSweeney's Issue 9 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): We Feel This One Is More Urgent (2002) — Mitwirkender — 201 Exemplare
The Workshop: Seven Decades of the Iowa Writers Workshop - 43 Stories, Recollections, & Essays on Iowa's Place in… (1999) — Mitwirkender — 188 Exemplare
Adaptations: From Short Story to Big Screen: 35 Great Stories That Have Inspired Great Films (2005) — Mitwirkender — 121 Exemplare
Mentors, Muses & Monsters: 30 Writers on the People Who Changed Their Lives (2009) — Mitwirkender — 67 Exemplare
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- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Johnson, Denis Hale
- Geburtstag
- 1949
- Todestag
- 2017-05-25
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- Deutschland (Geburt)
USA - Geburtsort
- München, Bayern, Deutschland
- Sterbeort
- Sea Ranch, Sonoma County, Kalifornien, USA
- Todesursache
- cancer (liver)
- Wohnorte
- München, Bayern, Deutschland
Tokyo, Japan
Manila, Philippinen
Virginia, USA
Arizona, USA
Idaho, USA - Ausbildung
- University of Iowa
- Berufe
- Dramatiker
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- American Academy of Arts and Letters (2014)
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- 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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