Denis Johnson (1949–2017)
Auteur de Jesus' Son
A propos de l'auteur
Denis Johnson was born in Munich, Germany on July 1, 1949. He received a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from the University of Iowa. He published his first book of poetry, The Man Among the Seals, at the age of 19. However, addictions to alcohol and drugs derailed him and he was in a afficher plus psychiatric ward at the age of 21. He was sober by the early 1980s. Along with writing several volumes of poetry, Johnson wrote short stories for The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, Esquire, Paris Review, and Best American Short Stories. His novels included Angels, Jesus' Son, Resuscitation of a Hanged Man, Already Dead, Nobody Move, Train Dreams, and The Laughing Monsters. He won the National Book Award in 2007 for Tree of Smoke. He also received the Award for Literature from the American Academy of Arts, the Robert Frost Award, and the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. He died of liver cancer on May 24, 2017 at the age of 67. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Séries
Œuvres de Denis Johnson
The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly: Poems Collected and New (1995) 166 exemplaires
Emergency (Short Story) 3 exemplaires
Work (short story) 1 exemplaire
Car-Crash While Hitchhiking (Short Story) 1 exemplaire
Soul of a Whore: Act 1 1 exemplaire
Soul of a Whore: Act 3 1 exemplaire
Soul of a Whore: Act 2 1 exemplaire
Lucky 1 exemplaire
The Poetry Chains of Dominic Luxford 1 exemplaire
Dundun (Short Story) 1 exemplaire
The Man Among the Seals 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: Fifty North American American Stories Since 1970 (1999) — Contributeur — 511 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 14 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): McSweeney's at War for the Foreseeable Future and He's Never Been… (2004) — Contributeur — 400 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 11 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): It Can Be Free (2003) — Contributeur — 322 exemplaires
Object Lessons: The Paris Review Presents the Art of the Short Story (2012) — Contributeur — 221 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 9 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): We Feel This One Is More Urgent (2002) — Contributeur — 201 exemplaires
The Workshop: Seven Decades of the Iowa Writers Workshop - 43 Stories, Recollections, & Essays on Iowa's Place in… (1999) — Contributeur — 188 exemplaires
Adaptations: From Short Story to Big Screen: 35 Great Stories That Have Inspired Great Films (2005) — Contributeur — 122 exemplaires
Mentors, Muses & Monsters: 30 Writers on the People Who Changed Their Lives (2009) — Contributeur — 67 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Johnson, Denis Hale
- Date de naissance
- 1949-07-01
- Date de décès
- 2017-05-24
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- München, Duitsland
- Lieu du décès
- Sea Ranch, Sonoma County, California, USA
- Cause du décès
- cancer (liver)
- Lieux de résidence
- Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Tokyo, Japan
Manila, Philippines
Virginia, USA
Arizona, USA
Idaho, USA - Études
- University of Iowa
- Professions
- playwright
author
poet - Organisations
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (2014)
- Prix et distinctions
- Lannan Literary Award (Fiction, 1993)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 1993)
Whiting Writers' Award (1986)
Award of Merit (Novel, 2009)
Membres
Critiques
Listes
Read These Too (3)
100 New Classics (1)
to get (1)
THE WAR ROOM (1)
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 35
- Aussi par
- 30
- Membres
- 12,333
- Popularité
- #1,901
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 444
- ISBN
- 285
- Langues
- 16
- Favoris
- 56
Rêves de train, débute par une scène saisissante : un quidam se joint à des inconnus qui attaquent un Chinois accusé de vol. Sans connaître les faits et les causes de l’histoire, il tente de tuer la victime en la jetant dans une rivière.
Le récit continue en alternant des scènes de la vie de Grainier qui tout au long de sa vie va parcourir l'Est des Etats-unis et rencontrer des personnages aussi frustres que lui.
Ce texte est aussi un hymne à la nature dans laquelle le personnage se fond.
Il n'y a aucune linéarité dans ce récits construit à partir de souvenirs et c'est cette construction qui lui donne sa force et ce caractère de roman totalement inclassable.
A noter, encore une fois, l'excellente traduction de Brice Matthieusent.… (plus d'informations)