Denis Johnson

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human novelist playwright poet screenwriter short story writer

Denis Johnson was an American writer acclaimed for his haunting, lyrical fiction and poetry, best known for works like "Jesus' Son" and the National Book Award–winning novel "Tree of Smoke."

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instanceOf human ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
awardReceived Lannan Literary Award for Fiction ⓘ
National Book Award for Fiction ⓘ
Whiting Writers' Award ⓘ
surface form: Whiting Award
causeOfDeath liver cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1949-07-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2017-05-24 ⓘ
educatedAt Iowa Writers' Workshop ⓘ
University of Iowa ⓘ
familyName Johnson ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
screenplay ⓘ
short story ⓘ
givenName Denis ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement contemporary American literature ⓘ
nominatedFor Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ
notableWork Already Dead: A California Gothic ⓘ
Angels ⓘ
Jesus' Son ⓘ
Nobody Move ⓘ
Resuscitation of a Hanged Man ⓘ
The Incognito Lounge and Other Poems ⓘ
The Largesse of the Sea Maiden ⓘ
The Laughing Monsters ⓘ
The Name of the World ⓘ
The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly ⓘ
Train Dreams ⓘ
Tree of Smoke ⓘ
occupation novelist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bavaria ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Munich ⓘ
placeOfDeath California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

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United States of America ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
writingStyle lyrical prose ⓘ
minimalism ⓘ
writingTheme American underclass ⓘ
addiction ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
spirituality ⓘ
violence ⓘ

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Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction → notableRecipient → Denis Johnson ⓘ
Farrar, Straus and Giroux → hasPublished → Denis Johnson ⓘ
New Directions → publisherOf → Denis Johnson ⓘ