Denis Johnson
- Born
- 1 July 1949 (67 years old)
- Passed away
- 24 May 2017
- Place of birth
- Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- Gender
- Male
Denis Hale Johnson was an American writer best known for his short story collection Jesus' Son (1992) and his novel Tree of Smoke (2007), which won the National Book Award for Fiction. He also wrote plays, poetry, journalism, and non-fiction.
