Книга: Denis Johnson «Tree of Smoke»
Tree of Smoke
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Denis Johnson
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Born | 1949 Munich, Germany |
Occupation | Novelist |
Nationality | American |
Period | 1969-present |
Genres | Fiction |
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Denis Hale Johnson (born 1949) is an American author who is known for his short-story collection Jesus' Son (1992) and his novel Tree of Smoke (2007), which won the National Book Award. He also writes plays, poetry and non-fiction.
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Biography
Johnson was born in 1949 in Munich, West Germany. He holds an MFA degree from the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa, where he has also returned to teach. He received a Whiting Writer’s Award in 1986 and a Lannan Fellowship in Fiction in 1993.
Johnson first came to prominence after the publication of his short story collection Jesus' Son (1992), which was adapted into the 1999 film of the same name, which was named one of the top ten films of the year by The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Roger Ebert. Johnson has a cameo role in the film as a man who has been stabbed in the eye by his wife.
Johnson's plays have been produced in San Francisco, Chicago, New York, and Seattle. He is the Resident Playwright of Campo Santo, the resident theater company at Intersection for the Arts in San Francisco.
In 2006-2007, Johnson held the Mitte Chair in Creative Writing at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas.
Personal life
Johnson is twice divorced and lives with his third wife, Cindy Lee, in Arizona and Idaho.[3][4] Johnson has three children, two of whom he homeschooled; in October, 1997 he wrote an article for Salon.com in defense of homeschooling.[5]
Awards
- 1981, National Poetry Series award, for The Incognito Lounge
- 1983, The Frost Place poet in residence
- 1986, Guggenheim Fellowship
- 2002, Aga Khan Prize for Fiction from The Paris Review, for Train Dreams
- 2007, National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist, for Tree of Smoke[6][7]
Bibliography
Poetry collections
- The Man Amongst the Seals (Stone Wall Press, 1969)
- Inner Weather (Graywolf Press, 1976)
- The Incognito Lounge (Random House, 1982)
- The Veil (Knopf, 1987)
- The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly: Poems Collected and New (HarperCollins, 1995)
- For Jane
Novels
- Angels (1983)
- Fiskadoro (1985)
- The Stars at Noon (1986)
- Resuscitation of a Hanged Man (1991)
- Already Dead: A California Gothic (1998)
- The Name of the World (2000)
- Train Dreams (2002)
- Tree of Smoke (2007)
- Nobody Move (2009)
Short story collection
- Jesus' Son (1992)
Plays
- Hellhound on My Trail
- Shoppers Carried by Escalators into the Flames
- Soul of a Whore
- AB Survival in the United States
- Purvis
- Des Moines (2007)
- Everything Has Been Arranged (An adaptation of his story "Small Boys Unit") (2007)
Screenplays
- The Prom (1990) (Directed by Steven Shainberg)
Non-fiction
- Seek: Reports from the Edges of America & Beyond (essays) (2001)
References
- ^ "What Authors Influenced You?", Authorsontheweb.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-10.
- ^ "Scott Snyder", litpark, 2006-08-31. Retrieved on 2007-12-28.
- ^ Writers' Workshop - The University of Iowa
- ^ Moore, Michael Scott. "Poet of the Fallen World: How an S.F. theater troupe helped turn a reclusive novelist into a full-fledged playwright" (reprint), SF Weekly, February 2003. Retrieved on 2008-06-11.
- ^ School is Out. Salon.com
- ^ Thompson, Bob (2007-11-15). Johnson's 'Tree of Smoke' Wins National Book Award. Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/14/AR2007111402806.html. Retrieved 2007-11-15
- ^ Sisario, Ben. "Arts, Briefly: Channeling Noir, Dickens-Style," The New York Times, 2008-06-11. Retrieved on 2008-06-11.
External links
- Works by or about Denis Johnson in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Homeless and High, a short piece by Denis Johnson from The New Yorker (archived at the Wayback Machine)
- Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco
- 1949 births
- Living people
- American dramatists and playwrights
- American novelists
- American poets
- American short story writers
- Iowa Writers' Workshop alumni
- National Book Award winners
- O. Henry Award winners
- People from Munich
- University of Iowa alumni
- Postmodern writers
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