Nora Johnson

Nora Johnson
Born 1933 (age 78–79)
Hollywood, California, USA
Occupation Novelist
Nationality American
Alma mater Smith College
Genres Comedy
Subjects Attitudes towards sex
Notable work(s) The World of Henry Orient
Relative(s) Nunnally Johnson (father)

Nora Johnson (b.1933 in Hollywood, California) is an American author.

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Early life

She was born in daughter of filmmaker Nunnally Johnson in Hollywood, California.[1] She attended the Brearley School, graduated from Smith College in 1954 and soon married and settled in New York.

Writings

Her first novel, The World of Henry Orient, was published in 1956.[1] It was based on her experiences at the Brearley School, and was made into a motion picture starring Peter Sellers in 1964. Her influential article Sex and the College Girl, was published in the November 1957 issue of The Atlantic Monthly, discussing attitudes towards sex on American campuses.

References

  1. ^ a b Abrahams, William (1982) Prize Stories 1982: The O. Henry Awards, Doubleday, p. 99

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