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A Biography book about Joan Didion,
Joan Didion was a novelist and creative nonfiction writer who achieved recognition for her literary journalism. She published seven novels as well as two memoirs and several books of essays, and also wrote screenplays, plays and opera librettos.
Joan Didion established a unique voice that transcends nationality in her writing of novels, and for many years she was recognized as one of the greatest in American literature. She relied upon the state of California as her most fruitful resource for material - having lived there all of her life, it seemed like they were stories that just came to her naturally. Now she spends time writing screenplays and scripts based off stories that are fictional, but could have been realities before today’s more modern times.
We retrieve the sad news of Joan Didion’s dead. She was an acclaimed American novelist and essayist best known for her novel Play It as It Lays. She died in Manhattan on Thursday at the age of 87.) We can only confirm that this unfortunate event took place. |
