1. Denis Hale Johnson was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet.
18 Facts About Denis Johnson
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Denis Johnson is perhaps best known for his debut short story collection, Jesus' Son.
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Altogether, Denis Johnson was the author of nine novels, one novella, two books of short stories, three collections of poetry, two collections of plays, and one book of reportage.
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Denis Johnson was born on July 1,1949, in Munich, West Germany.
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Denis Johnson's mother, the former Vera Louise Childress, was a homemaker.
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Denis Johnson published his first book, a collection of poetry titled The Man Among Seals, in 1969 at the age of 19.
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Denis Johnson earned a measure of acclaim with the publication of his first novel, Angels, in 1983.
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Denis Johnson came to prominence in 1992 with the short story collection Jesus' Son, which included vignettes originally published in The New Yorker, inspired by Isaac Babel's book Red Cavalry.
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Denis Johnson has a cameo role in the film as a man who has been stabbed in the eye by his wife.
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Denis Johnson's plays have been produced in San Francisco, Chicago, New York, and Seattle.
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Denis Johnson was the Resident Playwright of Campo Santo, the resident theater company at Intersection for the Arts in San Francisco.
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In 2006 and 2007, Denis Johnson held the Mitte Chair in Creative Writing at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas.
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Denis Johnson occasionally taught at the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin.
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Denis Johnson was twice divorced and lived with his third wife, Cindy Lee, in Phoenix, Arizona, at the time of his death.
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Denis Johnson had three children, two of whom he homeschooled; in October 1997, he wrote an article for the website Salon in defense of homeschooling.
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For most of his 20s, Denis Johnson was addicted to drugs and alcohol and did not do much writing.
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Denis Johnson stopped drinking alcohol in 1978 and quit recreational drugs in 1983.
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Denis Johnson died on May 24,2017, from liver cancer at his home in The Sea Ranch, a community near Gualala, California, at the age of 67.