Joyce Johnson
She was born in New York City.
Also recorded as Joyce Glassman
Joyce Johnson

David Shankbone · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Born
- 1935 · New York City.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- novelist · writer · autobiographer · diarist
- Movements
- Beat Generation
- Education
- Barnard College · Columbia University
- Known for
- Door Wide Open
- Honours
- O. Henry Award · National Book Critics Circle Award for Memoir and Autobiography
- Languages
- English
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Joyce Johnson studied at Barnard College and Columbia University. The recorded working language is English. Employment is recorded with New York University and Columbia University. Works named in the authority record are Door Wide Open. Distinctions recorded are O. Henry Award and National Book Critics Circle Award for Memoir and Autobiography.
Joyce Johnson is recorded as having received O. Henry Award and National Book Critics Circle Award for Memoir and Autobiography. Within the Encyclopedia. Connected to 2 other published records in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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1935
Joyce Johnson born at New York City.
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