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Jennifer Johnston

1931 -

Jennifer Johnston was born in Dublin, the daughter of the noted playwright Denis Johnston. Among her prose works are the novels 'The Captains and the Kings', 'The Gates', 'How Many Miles to Babylon?', 'Shadows on our Skin' (shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1977), 'The Old Jest' (Winner of a Whitbread Award for Fiction in 1979), 'The Christmas Tree', 'The Railway Station Man', 'Fool's Sanctuary', 'The Invisible Worm' (shortlisted for the Sunday Express Book of the Year in 1991), 'The Illusionist', 'Two Moons', and 'This Is Not A Novel'. She has also written a number of radio plays and was awarded the Giles Cooper Award for Best Radio Play for 'O Ananias, Azarias and Misael', in 1989. The piece was also staged by the Abbey Theatre and is listed below. Jennifer Johnston was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Irish Book Awards in 2012 and is a member of Aosdána. She lives in Co Derry.

Playwriting Credits

Play Title Playwright
Andante Un Poco Mosso Jennifer Johnston
How Many Miles to Babylon? Jennifer Johnston
Indian Summer Jennifer Johnston
Moonlight and Music Jennifer Johnston
O Ananias, Azarias and Miseal Jennifer Johnston
The Desert Lullaby Jennifer Johnston
The Invisible Man Jennifer Johnston
The Nightingale and not the Lark Jennifer Johnston
Triptych Jennifer Johnston
Twinkletoes Jennifer Johnston
Waiting Jennifer Johnston

Actor

Play Title Playwright
The Strings are False Paul Vincent Carroll