Joan Didion
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| + | '''Joan Didion''' (born [[December 5]], [[1934]]) is an [[United States|American]] writer, known as a journalist, essayist, and novelist. Didion contributes regularly to ''[[The New York Review of Books]]''. According to a 1979 [[New York Times]] review of Didion's book, "The White Album," reviewer [[Michiko Kakutani]] wrote, "Novelist and poet [[James Dickey]] has called Didion 'the finest woman prose stylist writing in English today.' | ||
| + | ==Published works== | ||
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| + | ===Fiction=== | ||
| + | * ''[[Run, River]]'' (1963) | ||
| + | * ''[[Play It As It Lays]]'' (1970) | ||
| + | * ''[[A Book of Common Prayer]]'' (1977) | ||
| + | * ''[[Democracy (novel)|Democracy]]'' (1984) | ||
| + | * ''[[The Last Thing He Wanted]]'' (1996) | ||
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| + | ===Nonfiction=== | ||
| + | * ''[[Slouching Towards Bethlehem]]'' (1968) | ||
| + | * ''[[The White Album (book)|The White Album]]'' (1979) | ||
| + | * ''[[Salvador (book)|Salvador]]'' (1983) | ||
| + | * ''[[Miami (book)|Miami]]'' (1987) | ||
| + | * ''[[After Henry (book)|After Henry]]'' (1992) | ||
| + | * ''[[Political Fictions]]'' (2001) | ||
| + | * ''[[Where I Was From]]'' (2003) | ||
| + | * ''Fixed Ideas: America Since 9.11'' (2003; preface by [[Frank Rich]]) | ||
| + | * ''Vintage Didion'' (2004) | ||
| + | * ''[[The Year of Magical Thinking]]'' (2005) | ||
| + | * ''[[We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live]]: Collected Nonfiction'' (2006; includes her first seven volumes of nonfiction) | ||
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| + | ===Drama=== | ||
| + | * ''[[The Year of Magical Thinking#The Play|The Year of Magical Thinking]]'' (2006) | ||
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| + | ===Screenplays=== | ||
| + | * ''[[The Panic in Needle Park]]'' (1971) | ||
| + | * ''[[Play It As It Lays]]'' (1972) (based on her novel) | ||
| + | * ''[[A Star Is Born (1976 film)|A Star Is Born]]'' (1976) | ||
| + | * ''[[True Confessions (film)|True Confessions]]'' (1981) | ||
| + | * ''[[Up Close & Personal]]'' (1996) | ||
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Joan Didion (born December 5, 1934) is an American writer, known as a journalist, essayist, and novelist. Didion contributes regularly to The New York Review of Books. According to a 1979 New York Times review of Didion's book, "The White Album," reviewer Michiko Kakutani wrote, "Novelist and poet James Dickey has called Didion 'the finest woman prose stylist writing in English today.'
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Published works
Fiction
- Run, River (1963)
- Play It As It Lays (1970)
- A Book of Common Prayer (1977)
- Democracy (1984)
- The Last Thing He Wanted (1996)
Nonfiction
- Slouching Towards Bethlehem (1968)
- The White Album (1979)
- Salvador (1983)
- Miami (1987)
- After Henry (1992)
- Political Fictions (2001)
- Where I Was From (2003)
- Fixed Ideas: America Since 9.11 (2003; preface by Frank Rich)
- Vintage Didion (2004)
- The Year of Magical Thinking (2005)
- We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live: Collected Nonfiction (2006; includes her first seven volumes of nonfiction)
Drama
- The Year of Magical Thinking (2006)
Screenplays
- The Panic in Needle Park (1971)
- Play It As It Lays (1972) (based on her novel)
- A Star Is Born (1976)
- True Confessions (1981)
- Up Close & Personal (1996)
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