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Nora Johnson Born 1933 (age 77–78)
Hollywood, California, USAOccupation 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.
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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
Categories:- 1933 births
- Living people
- American non-fiction writers
- American novelists
- Writers from California
- People from Hollywood
- Smith College alumni
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