Jennifer Johnston (novelist)
Jennifer Johnston | |
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| Born | Jennifer Prudence Johnston 12 January 1930 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 25 February 2025 (aged 95) Dún Laoghaire, Ireland |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Alma mater | Trinity College Dublin |
| Spouse | Ian Smyth (m. 1951-?); 4 children David Gilliland (his death) |
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Jennifer Prudence Johnston (12 January 1930 – 25 February 2025) was an Irish novelist. She won a number of awards, including the Whitbread Book Award for The Old Jest in 1979 and a Lifetime Achievement from the Irish Book Awards (2012). The Old Jest, a novel about the Irish War of Independence, was later made into a film called The Dawning, starring Anthony Hopkins, produced by Sarah Lawson and directed by Robert Knights.