Denis Johnson (1949–2017)
Autor/a de Jesus' Son: Stories
Sobre l'autor
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 mostra'n més 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) mostra'n menys
Sèrie
Obres de Denis Johnson
The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly: Poems Collected and New (1995) 162 exemplars
Emergency (Short Story) 3 exemplars
Work (short story) 1 exemplars
Car-Crash While Hitchhiking (Short Story) 1 exemplars
Soul of a Whore: Act 1 1 exemplars
Soul of a Whore: Act 3 1 exemplars
Soul of a Whore: Act 2 1 exemplars
Lucky 1 exemplars
The Poetry Chains of Dominic Luxford 1 exemplars
Dundun (Short Story) 1 exemplars
The Man Among the Seals 1 exemplars
Obres associades
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: Fifty North American American Stories Since 1970 (1999) — Col·laborador — 495 exemplars
McSweeney's Issue 14 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): McSweeney's at War for the Foreseeable Future and He's Never Been… (2004) — Col·laborador — 398 exemplars
McSweeney's Issue 11 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): It Can Be Free (2003) — Col·laborador — 320 exemplars
Object Lessons: The Paris Review Presents the Art of the Short Story (2012) — Col·laborador — 218 exemplars
McSweeney's Issue 9 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): We Feel This One Is More Urgent (2002) — Col·laborador — 201 exemplars
The Workshop: Seven Decades of the Iowa Writers Workshop - 43 Stories, Recollections, & Essays on Iowa's Place in… (1999) — Col·laborador — 186 exemplars
Adaptations: From Short Story to Big Screen: 35 Great Stories That Have Inspired Great Films (2005) — Col·laborador — 120 exemplars
Mentors, Muses & Monsters: 30 Writers on the People Who Changed Their Lives (2009) — Col·laborador — 65 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Johnson, Denis Hale
- Data de naixement
- 1949-07-01
- Data de defunció
- 2017-05-24
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- München, Duitsland
- Lloc de defunció
- Sea Ranch, Sonoma County, California, USA
- Causa de la mort
- cancer (liver)
- Llocs de residència
- Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Tokyo, Japan
Manila, Philippines
Virginia, USA
Arizona, USA
Idaho, USA - Educació
- University of Iowa
- Professions
- playwright
author
poet - Organitzacions
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (2014)
- Premis i 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)
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Review 3 (1)
Backlisted (1)
100 New Classics (1)
2023 (1)
2000s decade (1)
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 35
- També de
- 30
- Membres
- 12,066
- Popularitat
- #1,945
- Valoració
- 3.8
- Ressenyes
- 439
- ISBN
- 284
- Llengües
- 16
- Preferit
- 56
- Pedres de toc
- 529
The writing itself is really really great. The author is incredible at conveying scene and mood and feeling. He also adds a surprising amount of humour, even in the most fucked up situations there's often comedic moments that I wasn't expecting. The writing is clever and poetic but also sharp and clear and to the point, using short images that are still powerful.
I was sort of thinking of rating a 3, but after finishing I was surprised how much of an impact it had on me. There is a journey to sobriety over the course of the book, and it's heartfelt. If you let yourself be carried along and don't worry too much about "getting it" especially at the start, there's a lot to appreciate here… (més)