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Denis Johnson


USA flag (1949 - 2017)

Denis Johnson was the author of The Name of the World, Already Dead, Jesus' Son, Resuscitation of a Hanged Man, Fiskadoro, The Stars at Noon, and Angels. His poetry has been collected in the volume The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly. He was a recipient of a Lannan Fellowship and a Whiting Writer's Award, among many other honors for his work.
 

Awards: NBA (2007)  see all

Genres: Literary Fiction, Historical
 
Novels
   Angels (1983)
   Fiskadoro (1985)
   The Stars at Noon (1986)
   Resuscitation of a Hanged Man (1991)
   Already Dead (1997)
   The Name of the World (2000)
   Tree of Smoke (2007)
   Nobody Move (2009)
   The Laughing Monsters (2014)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Train Dreams (2011)
   Car Crash While Hitchhiking (2020)
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Books containing stories by Denis Johnson
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The Best American Short Stories 2015 (2015)
(Best American Short Stories)
edited by
T C Boyle
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The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009 (2009)
(Best American Nonrequired Reading)
edited by
Dave Eggers

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Awards
2007 National Book Award for Fiction : Tree of Smoke

Award nominations
2018 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (nominee) : The Largesse of the Sea Maiden
2012 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (nominee) : Train Dreams
2008 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (nominee) : Tree of Smoke
2001 PEN/Faulkner Award (nominee) : The Name of the World


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