Awards & Winners

Denis Johnson

Date of Birth 01-July-1949
Place of Birth Munich
(Germany, Bavaria, Upper Bavaria)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Denis Hale Johnson
Profession Writer, Novelist, Author, Poet, Playwright
Denis Hale Johnson is an American writer best known for his short story collection Jesus' Son and his novel Tree of Smoke, which won the National Book Award for Fiction. He also writes plays, poetry and non-fiction.

Awards by Denis Johnson

Check all the awards nominated and won by Denis Johnson.

2012


Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Train Dreams

2008


Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Tree of Smoke

2007


New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year
Honored for : Tree of Smoke
National Book Award for Fiction
Honored for : Tree of Smoke

Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Award for Fiction Tree of Smoke

2001


Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction The Name of the World