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Owen Johnson

American novelist and short story writer (1878-1952) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 73

Owen McMahon Johnson was an American writer best remembered for his stories and novels cataloguing the educational and personal growth of the fictional character Dink Stover. The "Lawrenceville Stories", set in the well-known prep school, invite comparison with Kipling's Stalky & Co.

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A 1950 film, The Happy Years, and a 1987 PBS mini-series, The Lawrenceville Stories, were based on them.

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United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1878 to 1952 · aged 73

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In the same film or series as Owen

Tom RickettsAlso in Children of Divorce (1927)William "Stage" BoydAlso in Virtuous Wives (1918)Percy MarmontAlso in The Enemy Sex (1924)Mason Alan DinehartAlso in The Happy Years (1950)Louise HuffAlso in The Varmint (1917)