Johnson, Charles, 1948-

LC control no.	n 82024120
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	PS3560.O3735
Personal name heading	Johnson, Charles, 1948- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Johnson, Charles R. (Charles Richard), 1948- Johnson, Charles Richard, 1948-
Other standard no.	1798668 0000000120198219 289710605 Q1065901
Associated country	United States
Associated place	Seattle (Wash.)
Address	chasjohn@uw.edu
Birth date	1948-04-23
Place of birth	Evanston (Ill.)
Field of activity	Short stories Novels Essays Television plays Screenplays Philosophical fiction Buddhist philosophy
Affiliation	Southern Illinois University at Carbondale University of Washington. Department of English State University of New York at Stony Brook
Profession or occupation	Novelists Essayists Screenwriters Television writers Cartoonists University and college faculty members College teachers English teachers
Found in	His Black humor, 1970. His Oxherding tale, c1982: CIP t.p. (Charles Johnson) His Turning the wheel, 2003: t.p. (Charles Johnson) OCLC, Feb. 17, 2012 (hdg.: Johnson, Charles Richard, 1948-; usage: Charles Johnson, Charles R. Johnson) The words and wisdom of Charles Johnson, 2015: ECIP data view (African American scholar, author of novels, short stories, screen-and-teleplays, and essays; winner of the National Book Award) African American national biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014: (Johnson, Charles Richard; fiction writer, essayist, screenwriter; born 23 April 1948 in Evanston, Illinois, United States; graduated from Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIU) (1971); enrolled in the master's program in philosophy at SIU; Ph.D. in philosophy from Stony Brook; professor in the English Department at the University of Washington, where he taught creative writing; committed himself to Buddhism; garnered many prizes, most notably a MacArthur Fellowship (1998) and American Academy of Arts and Letters Award for Literature (2002)) Wikipedia, December 16, 2016: Charles R. Johson (Charles Richard Johnson (born April 23, 1948); African-American scholar and the author of novels, short stories, screen-and-teleplays, and essays; born Evanston, Illinois; first came to prominence in the 1960s as a political cartoonist and illustrator; undergraduate journalism major at Southern Illinois University; first career as a cartoonist (1965-72); Ph.D. in philosophy from SUNY-Stony Brook in 1988; in 1976, he was hired to teach at the University of Washington; a student of Buddhism and Eastern thought all his life, as well as a student of Sanskrit since 1998, Johnson took formal vows on November 14, 2007, in the Soto Zen tradition (the 10 Precepts) with mendicant monk Claude AnShin Thomas; in 2003, the Charles Johnson Society was inaugurated at the American Literature Association. This is a literary society devoted to scholarly papers and articles on Johnson's work and the genre of philosophical fiction in general; recently retired, Johnson was the S. Wilson and Grace M. Pollock Endowed Professor of English at the University of Washington) University of Washington Department of English website, December 16, 2016 (Charles Johnson; Professor, Emeritus; chasjohn@uw.edu; B.S., Southern Illinois University, 1971; M.A., Southern Illinois University, 1973; Ph.D., SUNY, Stoneybrook [sic], NY, 1988; author of 16 books, among them the novels Middle Passage, Oxherding Tale, Faith and the Good Thing, and Dreamer; the story collections: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (nominated for a PEN/Faulkner award), Soulcatcher and Other Stories, and Dr. King's Refrigerator and Other Bedtime Stories; and works of philosophy and criticism such as Being and Race: Black Writing Since 1970 and Turning the Wheel: Essays on Buddhism and Writing. He is also a screenwriter, essayist, professional cartoonist, international lecturer, and for 20 years served as fiction editor of Seattle Review) <https://english.washington.edu/people/charles-johnson>