Josephine Johnson
Josephine Johnson | |
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Born | Josephine Winslow Johnson June 20, 1910 Kirkwood, Missouri, US |
Died | February 27, 1990 Batavia, Ohio, US | (aged 79)
Occupation | Writer |
Education | Washington University |
Genre | Novels, short stories, poetry |
Subject | Nature |
Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1935 O. Henry Award, 1934, 1935, 1942, 1943, 1944 |
Josephine Winslow Johnson (June 20, 1910 – February 27, 1990)
Biography
Johnson was born June 20, 1910, in
Johnson had three children: Terence, Ann, and Carol. The Cannons continued to move beyond the advancing urban sprawl of Cincinnati, finally settling on the wooded acreage in Clermont County, Ohio, which is the setting of The Inland Island. In 1955, Washington University awarded her an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree. She published four more books before her death, from pneumonia, on February 27, 1990, in Batavia, Ohio, at age 79.[2]
Works
- Now in November (novel, 1934), for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize
- Winter Orchard and Other Stories (short stories, 1936)
- Jordanstown (novel, 1937)
- Year's End (poetry, 1939)
- Paulina Pot (children's book, 1939)
- Wildwood (novel, 1947)
- The Dark Traveler (novel, 1963)
- The Sorcerer's Son and Other Stories (short stories, 1965)
- The Inland Island (essays, 1969), with illustrations by Mel Klapholz (republished in 1996 with illustrations by Annie Cannon, the author's daughter)
- Seven Houses: A Memoir of Time and Places (memoir, 1973)
- The Circle of Seasons with Dennis Stock (1974)
References
- ^ "Josephine Johnson". Ohioiana Authors. WOSU, Ohioiana Library. c. 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
- ^ a b Fraser, C. Gerald (March 2, 1990). "Josephine Johnson, Nature Writer, Poet And Novelist, 79 (obituary)". The New York Times.
- ^ Masad, Ilana (December 4, 2018). "Her First Novel Won the Pulitzer Prize When She Was 24". The Cut.
- ^ O. Henry Winners List
External links
- Josephine Johnson at Library of Congress, with 18 library catalog records