WRITER

Denis Johnson

1949 - 2017

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Denis Hale Johnson (July 1, 1949 – May 24, 2017) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. He is perhaps best known for his debut short story collection, Jesus' Son (1992). His most successful novel, Tree of Smoke (2007), won the National Book Award for Fiction. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Denis Johnson has received more than 703,041 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Denis Johnson is the 6,457th most popular writer (down from 5,996th in 2019), the 5,737th most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,111th in 2019) and the 358th most popular German Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 700k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Jesus' son
1992
Already Dead
Fiction, Drug traffic, Social life and customs
1997
Fiskadoro
Social life and customs, Fiction, United States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
1985
Angels
Fiction, Death row inmates in fiction, Bus travel
1984
Resuscitation of a Hanged Man
1991
Seek
Social life and customs, Description and travel, Social conditions
2001

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Denis Johnson ranks 6,457 out of 7,302. Before him are Susan Bassnett, Conn Iggulden, Peter Hitchens, David Foenkinos, Helena Norberg-Hodge, and Saunders Lewis. After him are Rahat Indori, Stanislava Staša Zajović, Brené Brown, Amy Sherman-Palladino, Oliver Friggieri, and Alberto Angela.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Denis Johnson ranks 713. Before him are Khil Raj Regmi, Michael Wenden, Ron Canada, Claudia Jennings, Hannu Siitonen, and Simon Kirke. After him are Tim Renwick, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Tom Watson, Pierre Bayonne, Viktor Kupreichik, and Mike Boit. Among people deceased in 2017, Denis Johnson ranks 580. Before him are Miguel Ángel Loayza, Nancy Dupree, J. P. Donleavy, Robert Elsie, Udupi Ramachandra Rao, and Zdeněk Šreiner. After him are Nicole Bricq, Viktor Kupreichik, František Ševčík, Hugo Dollheiser, Lothar Thoms, and Maria Verónica Reina.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Denis Johnson ranks 5,737 out of 7,253. Before him are Annemarie Buchner (1924), Wolfram Wuttke (1961), Rica Reinisch (1965), Willi Horn (1909), Gonzalo Castro (1987), and Martin Schröttle (1901). After him are Willi Orban (1992), Gert Heidler (1948), Rainer Schüttler (1976), Dieter Riedel (1947), Wolfgang Hanisch (1951), and Elisabeth Röhm (1973).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Denis Johnson ranks 358. Before him are Daniel Kehlmann (1975), Wolfdietrich Schnurre (1920), Sybille Bedford (1911), Wolf Blitzer (1948), Graciano Rocchigiani (1963), and Jenny Erpenbeck (1967). After him are Ralf Rothmann (1953), Sibylle Lewitscharoff (1954), Nele Neuhaus (1967), Judith Hermann (1970), Ingo Schulze (1962), and Thomas Brussig (1964).

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