Nora Johnson

Nora Johnson
Born	1933 (age 77–78) 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.

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

External links

• Nora Johnson at the Internet Movie Database
• Sex and the College Girl online at The Atlantic
• Works by Nora Johnson on Open Library at the Internet Archive

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Name	Johnson, Nora
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Date of birth	1933
Place of birth	Hollywood, California, USA
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