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Jennifer Johnston (born 12 January 1930) is an Irish novelist . She has 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 Anthony Hopkins , produced by Sarah Lawson and directed by Robert Knights .[1]
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She was born in Dublin to Irish actress and director Shelah Richards and Irish playwright Denis Johnston .[2] Geraldine Fitzgerald , via Fitzgerald's mother, Edith (née Richards), Jennifer Johnston was educated at Trinity College Dublin .[3] Derry , and currently lives near Dublin.[4] Tara Fitzgerald and Susan Fitzgerald .[5] [6]
Johnston was born into the Church of Ireland and many of her novels deal with the fading of the Protestant Anglo-Irish ascendancy in the 20th century. She married a fellow student at Trinity College, Ian Smyth, in 1951.[7] Aosdána .[8]
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^ "A shaper of sophisticated stories" . Irishtimes.com. 9 January 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2016 .
^ Rosie Cowan (11 February 2004). "Rosie Cowan on Jennifer Johnston" . The Guardian . Retrieved 16 July 2016 .
^ "Martina Devlin interviews Jennifer Johnston" . Libranwriter.wordpress.com. 5 November 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2016 .
^ Michael Coveney, "Susan FitzGerald obituary" , The Guardian , 10 September 2013.
^ Maureen Paton, "Tara Fitzgerald: Naked ambition" (profile), The Independent , 2 May 2003.
^ Gonzalez, Alexander G.; Nelson, Emmanuel Sampath; Gonzalez, Alexander G. (12 January 1930). Modern Irish Writers: A Bio-critical Sourcebook - Alexander G. Gonzalez ISBN 9780313295577 . Retrieved 16 July 2016 .
^ "Members | Aosdana" . Aosdana.artscouncil.ie. Retrieved 16 July 2016 .
^ Rosita Boland (23 November 2012). "Banville wins novel of year at awards" . The Irish Times . Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2012 .
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