Joan Didion (1934–2021)
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Over de Auteur
Born in Sacramento, California, on December 5, 1934, Joan Didion received a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1956. She wrote for Vogue from 1956 to 1963, and was visiting regent's lecturer in English at the University of California, Berkeley in 1976. Didion also published novels, toon meer short stories, social commentary, and essays. Her work often comments on social disorder. Didion wrote for years on her native California; from there her perspective broadened and turned to the countries of Central America and Southeast Asia. Her novels include Democracy (1984) and The Last Thing He Wanted (1996). Well known nonfiction titles include Slouching Towards Bethlehem (1968), The White Album (1979), The Year of Magical Thinking (2005) and Blue Nights (2011). In 1971 Joan Didion was nominated for the National Book Award in fiction for Play It As It Lays. In 1981 she received the American Book Award in nonfiction, and was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Prize in nonfiction for The White Album. Didion has received a great deal of recognition for The Year of Magical Thinking, which was awarded the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 2005. In 2007, Didion received the National Book Foundation's annual Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. In 2009, Didion was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree by Harvard University. On July 3, 2013 the White House announced Didion was one of the recipients of the National Medals of Arts and Humanities presented by President Barack Obama. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
Fotografie: Photo © 2003 Colleen Guaitolini
Werken van Joan Didion
Telling Stories (Series of Keepsakes Issued by the Friends of Bancroft Library, No. 26) (1978) 9 exemplaren
After Henry {essay} 6 exemplaren
Goodbye to All That 4 exemplaren
On Self-Respect 2 exemplaren
Didion, Joan Archive 2 exemplaren
“Quiet Days in Malibu” 1 exemplaar
White Album 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Didion, Joan
- Geboortedatum
- 1934-12-05
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2021-12-23
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Sacramento, Californië, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- Parkinson's disease
- Woonplaatsen
- New York, New York, USA
- Opleiding
- University of California, Berkeley
- Beroepen
- writer
journalist - Relaties
- Dunne, John Gregory (echtgenoot)
Dunne, Dominick (schoonbroer)
Dunne, Quintana Roo (dochter) - Organisaties
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 1981)
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- National Book Award, Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters (2007)
Robert Kirsch Award (2005)
Western Literature Association's Distinguished Achievement Award (2005)
Gold Medal, American Academy of Arts and Letters ( [2005])
National Humanities Medal (2012) - Agent
- Lynn Nesbit (Janklow and Nesbit)
Henry Robbins
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Joan Didion? in Legacy Libraries (november 2022)
Which Joan Didion book should I read first? in Book talk (november 2019)
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