Denis Johnston Letters, 1972-1974

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Denis Johnston Letters, 1972-1974

http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/j/Johnston,Denis.html

(William) Denis Johnston (18 June 1901-8 August 1984) was an Irish writer. Born in Dublin, he wrote mostly plays, but also produced literary criticism and other works. The collection consists of seven letters and postcards from Denis Johnston to Margaret Anne O'Connor (Maggie), who taught the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's first course on women in literature (1972) and helped form the University's Women's Studies curriculum. Letters in 1972 and 1973 were from Johnston in Walla Walla, Wash.; 1974 letters were from Dublin, Ireland; and there is a 1974 postcard from Crete. Topics include visits paid and general friendship. There is also mention of a Samuel Beckett symposium in Chapel Hill at which Johnston was ultimately not invited to speak.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Rare Book Literary and Historical Papers.

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Johnston, Denis, 1901-1984

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Irish dramatist, author, journalist, and theater director; b. William Denis Johnston; d. 1984. From the description of Denis Johnston collection, 1917-1955. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70968752 Denis Johnston was an Irish playwright and writer. He was born in Dublin and educated at Dublin, Edinburgh, Cambridge and Harvard Law School, receiving an M.A. and LL.M. from Cambridge in 1926. He became interested in playwriting while he was at Harvard. Upon his return t...