Denis Johnson, the author behind the seminal collection Jesus' Son, has died at the age of 67. A protean stylist who made a career of defying readers' expectations, he crafted fiction, poetry and ...

Denis Johnson, a prizewinning fiction writer, poet and playwright best known for his surreal and transcendent story collection "Jesus' Son," died May 24 at his home near Gualala, Calif. He was 67.

At its core, “Jesus’ Son” (and this is true of much of Johnson’s work) is a book about the necessity of belief in something as a bulwark against an indifferent or actively hostile world.

Denis Johnson, the prize-winning fiction writer, poet and playwright best known for his surreal and transcendent story collection “Jesus’ Son,” died Wednesday, at 67, according to his ...

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Johnson won the National Book Award in 2007 for his Vietnam War novel Tree of Smoke and was best known for his surreal story collection Jesus' Son.

NEW YORK — Denis Johnson, the prize-winning fiction writer, poet and playwright best known for his surreal and transcendent story collection “Jesus’ Son,” has died at age 67.

NEW YORK — Denis Johnson, the prize-winning fiction writer, poet and playwright best known for his surreal and transcendent story collection “Jesus’ Son,” has died at age 67.

Denis Johnson was best known for his 1992 short story collection Jesus' Son. He won the 2007 National Book Award for the novel, Tree of Smoke. Johnson died Thursday at age 67.

Denis Johnson was best known for his 1992 short story collection Jesus' Son. He won the 2007 National Book Award for the novel, Tree of Smoke. Johnson died Thursday at age 67.

NEW YORK (AP) Denis Johnson, the prize-winning fiction writer, poet and playwright best known for his surreal and transcendent story collection “Jesus’ Son,” has died at age 67.