The Dawning
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", starring Anthony Hopkins, produced by Sarah Lawson and directed by Robert Knights.