Joan Didion Writer

Joan Didion (born December 5, 1934) is an American author best known for her novels and her literary journalism. Her novels and essays explore the disintegration of American morals and cultural chaos, where the overriding theme is individual and social fragmentation. A sense of anxiety or dread permeates much of her work.

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Joan Didion
Birth dateDecember 05, 1934
Birth place
California , Sacramento California
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Career start1963
notable work
Play It as It Lays
The Year of Magical Thinking
Slouching Towards Bethlehem

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External resources

  1. http://lccn.loc.gov/n78089822
  2. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/Joa
  3. http://www.californiamuseum.org/trails
  4. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2005/11/17/US_bookaward_051117.html
  5. http://www.guernicamag.com/interviews/146/seeing_things_straight
  6. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4866010
  7. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4956088
  8. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7238970
  9. http://www.nybooks.com/authors/238
  10. http://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/01/29/podcast-joan-didion?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=referral