Joan Didion

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Joan Didion was an influential American writer and essayist renowned for her incisive explorations of contemporary culture, politics, and personal grief.

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awardReceived Gold Medal of the National Institute of Arts and Letters
surface form: Gold Medal for Belles Lettres and Criticism of the American Academy of Arts and Letters

National Book Award for Nonfiction
National Medal of Arts
birthName Joan Didion self-link
causeOfDeath complications of Parkinson's disease
child Quintana Roo Dunne
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1934-12-05
dateOfDeath 2021-12-23
educatedAt University of California, Berkeley
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fieldOfWork journalism
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screenwriting
gender female
genre essay
literary journalism
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givenName Joan
influenced contemporary American nonfiction
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement New Journalism
name Joan Didion self-link
notableWork A Book of Common Prayer
Blue Nights
Democracy
Miami
Play It As It Lays
Salvador
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
The White Album
The Year of Magical Thinking
Where I Was From
notedFor incisive explorations of contemporary culture, politics, and personal grief
occupation essayist
journalist
novelist
screenwriter
writer
placeOfBirth Sacramento
surface form: Sacramento, California, United States
placeOfDeath New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
residence Los Angeles
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States

New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
spouse John Gregory Dunne
subjectOf The Center Will Not Hold

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Slouching Towards Bethlehem author Joan Didion
True Confessions screenwriter Joan Didion
John Gregory Dunne spouse Joan Didion
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Esther Hoffman creator Joan Didion
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