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Josephine Winslow Johnson

Born

in Kirkwood, Missouri, The United States

June 20, 1910

Died

February 27, 1990

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction

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American novelist, poet, and essayist who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1935 at age 24 for her first novel, Now in November. Shortly thereafter, she published Winter Orchard, a collection of short stories that had previously appeared in Atlantic Monthly, Vanity Fair, The St. Louis Review, and Hound & Horn. Of these stories, "Dark" won an O. Henry Award in 1934[1], and "John the Six" won an O. Henry Award third prize the following year. Johnson continued writing short stories and won three more O. Henry Awards: for "Alexander to the Park" (1942), "The Glass Pigeon" (1943), and "Night Flight" (1944).

Johnson was bornin Kirkwood, Missouri. She attended Washington University from 1926 to 1931, but did not earn a degree. She wrote her fir ...more

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Average rating: 3.79 · 3,157 ratings · 413 reviews · 17 distinct works • Similar authors

	Now in November by Josephine Winslow Johnson, Nancy Hoffman (Afterword) 3.73 avg rating — 2,366 ratings — published 1934 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Inland Island 3.72 avg rating — 138 ratings — published 1969	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Il viaggiatore oscuro by Josephine Winslow Johnson, Stella Sacchini (Translator) 3.79 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1963 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seven Houses: A Memoir of Time and Places 3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1973	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Florence Farr: Bernard Shaw's 'New Woman' by Josephine Winslow Johnson, Josephine Johnson 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1975 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jordanstown 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1937 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wildwood liked it 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1946 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Winter Orchard and Other Stories 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sorcerer's Son and Other Stories it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Albion Press: From John Johnson, Typographia, or The Printer's instructor, 1824 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The earth was overwhelmed with beauty and indifferent to it, and I went with a heart ready to crack for its unbearable loveliness.”
― Josephine Winslow Johnson, Now in November

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“What is sanity, after all, except the control of madness?”
― Josephine Winslow Johnson, Now in November

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“The things we felt most are hardest to put into words. Hate is always easier to speak of than love. How shall I make love go through the sieve of words and come out something besides a pulp?”
― Josephine W. Johnson, Now in November

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October 2022 New School Classic Group Read

The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith, 1955, 288 pages

86 votes, 37.1%

Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee, 1980, 152 pages

35 votes, 15.1%

The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig, 1942, 461 pages

31 votes, 13.4%

The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell, 1996, 419 pages

29 votes, 12.5%

The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen, 1938, 418 pages

20 votes, 8.6%

Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo, 1938, 309 pages

18 votes, 7.8%

Now in November by Josephine Winslow Johnson, 1934, 288 pages

13 votes, 5.6%

232 total votes

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