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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.
 

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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Anthologies 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
PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction Best Book nominee (2001) : The Name of the World
National Book Award for Fiction Best Book winner (2007) : Tree of Smoke
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Best Book nominee (2008) : Tree of Smoke
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Best Book nominee (2012) : Train Dreams


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