Joan Didion, a US literary icon, dead at 87
Joan Didion, a US literary icon credited with ushering in New Journalism with her essays on Los Angeles life in the tumultuous 1960s, died on Thursday. She was 87.
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Joan Didion, a US literary icon credited with ushering in New Journalism with her essays on Los Angeles life in the tumultuous 1960s, died on Thursday. She was 87.
Joan Didion, American novelist and essayist known for her lucid prose style and incisive depictions of social unrest and psychological fragmentation. Her notable books included the short novel Play It as It Lays and the memoir The Year of Magical Thinking. Learn more about Didion’s life and work.
When Didion started writing in the 1960s, she put a certain kind of voice on the page — neurotic, female — that hadn't been there before.
Joan Didion: American novelist, journalist, and essayist Joan Didion, a resounding voice in American literature who vividly captured...
The author of Slouching Towards Bethlehem and The Year of Magical Thinking was 87 years old.