at The Whiting Foundation Denis Johnson profile and poems at Academy of American Poets Denis Johnson at Library of Congress Authorities — with 25 catalog records 1949 births 2017 deaths 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American poets 20th-century American short story writers 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American dramatists and playwrights 21st-century American novelists 21st-century American poets 21st-century American short story writers 21st-century American male writers American male dramatists and playwrights American male novelists American male poets American male short story writers Deaths from cancer in California Deaths from liver cancer Iowa Writers' Workshop alumni National Book Award winners PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction winners Postmodern writers The New Yorker people O. Henry Award winners