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   Dominique Dunne (niece) Joan Didion ( / ˈdɪdiən /; December 5, 1934 – December 23, 2021) was an American writer and journalist. She is considered one of the pioneers of New Journalism, along with Gay Talese, Hunter S. Thompson, and Tom Wolfe. [2] [3] [4] Didion's career began in the 1950s after she won an essay contest sponsored by Vogue ...

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3. www.joandidion.orgJOAN DIDION | The Official Website | joandidion.org

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   Joan Didion was a journalist, novelist, memoirist, essayist, and screenwriter who wrote some of the sharpest and most evocative analyses of culture, politics, literature, family, and loss. She won the National Book Award in 2005 for The Year of Magical Thinking.

4. www.nytimes.com › 2021/12/23 › booksJoan Didion, ‘New Journalist’ Who Explored Culture and Chaos ...

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   Dec 23, 2021 · Joan Didion was born on Dec. 5, 1934, in Sacramento to Frank and Eduene (Jerrett) Didion. She was a fifth-generation Californian descended from settlers who left the ill-fated Donner party in 1846 ...

5. www.npr.org › 2021/12/23 › 375431790Joan Didion has died at 87 : NPR

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   Dec 23, 2021 · Writer Joan Didion, whose 'electric anxiety' inspired a generation, has died at 87. Author Joan Didion poses for a portrait in her New York apartment on Sept. 26, 2005. American novelist ...

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7. www.nytimes.com › article › joan-didion-best-booksJoan Didion’s Best Books: A Guide - The New York Times

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   Apr 28, 2024 · The Joan Didion many people know is constructed from a few artifacts the real writer left behind when she died in 2021.There’s her much-imitated (and sometimes parodied) 1967 essay “Goodbye to ...

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   May 27, 2024 · Joan Didion (born December 5, 1934, Sacramento, California, U.S.—died December 23, 2021, New York, New York) was an American novelist and essayist known for her lucid prose style and incisive depictions of social unrest and psychological fragmentation. Didion graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1956 and then worked for ...

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   • Joan Didion ( / ˈdɪdiən /; December 5, 1934 – December 23, 2021) was an American writer and journalist. She is considered one of the pioneers of New Journalism along with Gay Talese, Hunter S. Thompson, and Tom Wolfe. Didion's career began in the 1950s after she won an essay contest sponsored by Vogue magazine.

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   • The Joan Didion many people know is constructed from a few artifacts the real writer left behind when she died in 2021. There’s her much-imitated (and sometimes parodied) 1967 essay “Goodbye to All That,” about leaving New York.

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   How did Joan Didion die?

   • 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. The bestselling writer began describing her home state, California, for magazines in the 1960s and broadened her subjects over the decades in nonfiction, fiction and films.

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   Where did Joan Didion live?

   • Author Joan Didion in her Upper East Side apartment in New York. Didion moved back and forth between California and New York during her career, and both states served as inspiration for her writings. Her 1967 essay “Goodbye to All That,” on why she was leaving New York, became an enduring influence on the essay format.

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10. www.cnn.com › style › articleJoan Didion, famed American essayist and novelist, has died - CNN

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    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.