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Biography of Denis Johnson
1. Jul 1949 – 24. May 2017(67 years)Died in:Sea Ranch, Sonoma County
American writer (novel, drama, poetry, essay)
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Guggenheim FellowshipNational Book Award for FictionO. Henry AwardWhiting AwardsLibrary of Congress Prize for American FictionSue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction
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Denis Johnson (* 1. July 1949 in Munich; † 24. May 2017 in Sea Ranch) was an american writer (novel, drama, poetry, essay). He was 67 years old. He studied at University of Iowa. He received 6 awards, including Guggenheim Fellowship, National Book Award for Fiction. His cause of death was liver cancer.
Life Events
7 Events1949
Born in München, Bavaria
1984
Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction
1986
Whiting Awards
2003
O. Henry Award
2007
National Book Award for Fiction
Tree of Smoke
2017
Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction
2017