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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Joan_DidionJoan Didion - Wikipedia

    Joan Didion: What She Means pays homage to the writer and thinker through the lens of nearly 50 modern and contemporary international artists such as Félix González-Torres to Betye Saar, Vija Celmins, Maren Hassinger, Silke Otto-Knapp, John Koch, Ed Ruscha, Pat Steir, among others.

  2. Dec 23, 2021 · Joan Didion, whose mordant dispatches on California culture and the chaos of the 1960s established her as a leading exponent of the New Journalism, and whose novels “Play It as It Lays” and “A...

  3. Explore the life and work of Joan Didion, a journalist, novelist, memoirist, essayist, and screenwriter who wrote about culture, politics, literature, family, and loss. Find her books, quotes, news, archive, and more on this website.

  4. May 27, 2024 · Joan Didion, American novelist and essayist known for her lucid prose style and incisive depictions of social unrest and psychological fragmentation. Her notable books included the short novel Play It as It Lays and the memoir The Year of Magical Thinking.

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  5. Dec 23, 2021 · American novelist, journalist and essayist Joan Didion died on Thursday at her home in New York at age 87 from Parkinson's disease, according to Knopf publicist Paul Bogaards.

    • Susan Stamberg
  6. Dec 23, 2021 · Joan Didion was 5 years old when she wrote her first story, upon the instruction of her mother, who had told her to stop whining and to write down her thoughts. She amused herself by...

  7. Dec 23, 2021 · Acclaimed American writer Joan Didion, an essayist and novelist who rose to prominence in the 1960s, has died at age 87, her publisher confirmed to CNN on Thursday.