Denis Johnson (1949–2017)
Auteur van Jezus' Zoon
Over de Auteur
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 toon meer 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) toon minder
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Werken van Denis Johnson
The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly: Poems Collected and New (1995) 166 exemplaren
Emergency (Short Story) 3 exemplaren
Work (short story) 1 exemplaar
Car-Crash While Hitchhiking (Short Story) 1 exemplaar
Soul of a Whore: Act 1 1 exemplaar
Soul of a Whore: Act 3 1 exemplaar
Soul of a Whore: Act 2 1 exemplaar
Lucky 1 exemplaar
The Poetry Chains of Dominic Luxford 1 exemplaar
Dundun (Short Story) 1 exemplaar
The Man Among the Seals 1 exemplaar
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- Officiële naam
- Johnson, Denis Hale
- Geboortedatum
- 1949-07-01
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2017-05-24
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- München, Duitsland
- Plaats van overlijden
- Sea Ranch, Sonoma County, California, USA
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- cancer (liver)
- Woonplaatsen
- Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Tokyo, Japan
Manila, Philippines
Virginia, USA
Arizona, USA
Idaho, USA - Opleiding
- University of Iowa
- Beroepen
- playwright
author
poet - Organisaties
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (2014)
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- 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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100 New Classics (1)
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- Populariteit
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- ISBNs
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- Talen
- 16
- Favoriet
- 56
Voor de rest een redelijk onderhoudend verhaal, dat overigens als een nachtkaars dooft.
Als tussendoortje nog wel acceptabel.
Een grotere tegenstelling tot zijn prachtige “Treindromen” is nauwelijks denkbaar.