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T. Geronimo Johnson

ティー・ジェロニモ・ジョンソン

T. Geronimo Johnson

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
New Orleans (birth/raised) → Berkeley, California (residence/studies/teaching) → Stanford, California (fellowship) → Corvallis, Oregon (Oregon State University) → San Marcos, Texas (Texas State University)

Career

Occupations
novelist, filmmaker, writer, university instructor
Active Years
2007-
Affiliations
Vermont College of Fine Arts (faculty) , University of California, Berkeley (instructor), Stanford University (Stegner Fellow), Oregon State University (instructor), Texas State University (instructor)

Education

Oglethorpe University
Philosophy and Religious Studies
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Period: 不詳
Country: United States
BA in philosophy and religious studies
University of California, Berkeley
Language, Literacy, and Culture
Degree: Master of Arts
Period: 不詳
Country: United States
MA in language, literacy, and culture (also pursuing PhD as of 2024)
Iowa Writers' Workshop
Poetry
Degree: Master of Fine Arts
Period: 不詳
Country: United States
MFA in poetry

Awards

PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
2013
Work: Hold It 'Til It Hurts
Organization: PEN/Faulkner Foundation
Result: Finalist
Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence
2015
Work: Welcome to Braggsville
Organization: Ernest J. Gaines Award organization
Result: Won
National Book Award
2015
Work: Welcome to Braggsville
Category: Fiction
Organization: National Book Foundation
Result: Longlisted
Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence
2016
Work: Welcome to Braggsville
Category: Fiction
Organization: American Library Association (Carnegie Medals)
Result: Longlisted
William Saroyan International Prize for Writing
2016
Work: Welcome to Braggsville
Category: Fiction
Organization: Stanford University (prize administration)
Result: Won
Simpson Family Literary Prize
2017
Work: Welcome to Braggsville
Organization: Simpson Family Literary Prize (Joyce Carol Oates Literary Prize inaugural)
Result: Won
Hurston/Wright Legacy Award
2016
Work: Welcome to Braggsville
Category: General Fiction
Organization: Hurston/Wright Foundation
Result: Nominated
Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award
2016
Work: Welcome to Braggsville
Organization: award organization unknown
Result: Runner-Up

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Hold It 'Til It Hurts

2012 Novel

Debut novel composed of linked stories exploring youth, violence, and identity.

identityraceviolencecommunity

Welcome to Braggsville

2015 Novel (satire/social fiction)

A satirical novel that follows a trip-based plot to examine race, extremism, violence, and media, noted for its sharp social observation.

raceextremismviolencemob psychology

Bibliography

  • Hold It 'Til It Hurts (2012)
  • Welcome to Braggsville (2015)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
poetic and experimental prosesatirical and socially critical voicetendency toward terse sentences and fragmentary structure
Recurring Motifs
race and identitynormalization of violencebreakdown and reconfiguration of communities

Legacy

T. Geronimo Johnson is regarded as a writer with sharp social observation on race, violence, and community. His awards brought him broader recognition and influence in both academic and creative circles.

Trivia

  • Short story included in Best New American Voices 2007.
  • Welcome to Braggsville appeared on Time and NPR best-books lists in 2015.
  • Has been a Stegner Fellow at Stanford and a Rome Prize Fellow.
  • Served as a judge for the National Book Award for Fiction in 2016.