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Joan Didion (1934–2021)

Autore di L' anno del pensiero magico

43+ opere 29,336 membri 648 recensioni 137 preferito

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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, mostra altro 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) mostra meno
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Opere di Joan Didion

L' anno del pensiero magico (2005) 10,191 copie
Prendila così (1970) 2,849 copie
The White Album (1979) 2,362 copie
Blue nights (2011) 1,532 copie
Diglielo da parte mia (1977) 1,042 copie
Where I Was From (2003) 806 copie
Democracy (1984) 712 copie
Salvador (1983) 682 copie
The Last Thing He Wanted (1996) 618 copie
Miami (1987) 522 copie
Nel paese del re pescatore (1992) 521 copie
South and West (2017) 512 copie
Political Fictions (2001) 436 copie
Let Me Tell You What I Mean (2021) — Autore — 428 copie
Run River (1963) 413 copie
Vintage Didion (2004) 160 copie
A Star Is Born [1976 film] (1976) — Screenwriter — 52 copie
Live and Learn (2005) 52 copie
Up Close & Personal [1996 film] (1996) — Writer — 29 copie
True Confessions [1981 film] (1981) — Screenwriter — 13 copie
The Panic in Needle Park [1971 film] (2014) — Screenwriter — 10 copie

Opere correlate

The Art of the Personal Essay (1994) — Collaboratore — 1,342 copie
The Best American Essays of the Century (2000) — Collaboratore — 759 copie
The Norton Book of Women's Lives (1993) — Collaboratore — 405 copie
The New Journalism (1973) — Collaboratore — 331 copie
Writing New York: A Literary Anthology (1998) — Collaboratore — 274 copie
Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology (2002) — Collaboratore — 224 copie
Maiden Voyages: Writings of Women Travelers (1993) — Collaboratore — 187 copie
The Best American Essays 1999 (1999) — Collaboratore — 183 copie
The Best American Travel Writing 2004 (2004) — Collaboratore — 182 copie
Eight Modern Essayists (1980)alcune edizioni177 copie
Some Women (1989) — Introduzione — 150 copie
The Norton Book of Personal Essays (1997) — Collaboratore — 142 copie
The Best American Essays 1992 (1992) — Collaboratore — 137 copie
The Best American Essays 1989 (1989) — Collaboratore — 98 copie
American Christmas Stories (2021) — Collaboratore — 57 copie
The Seasons of Women: An Anthology (1995) — Collaboratore — 46 copie
California Uncovered: Stories For The 21st Century (2005) — Collaboratore — 32 copie
On the Contrary: Essays by Men and Women (1984) — Collaboratore — 15 copie
Open Secrets (1972) — Collaboratore — 7 copie
The Analog Sea Review: Number Four (2022) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Perfectly Candid (1994) — Photographed Subject — 1 copia

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Joan Didion? in Legacy Libraries (Novembre 2022)
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Joan Didion è un’importante scrittrice e giornalista statunitense, per intenderci scrive sul “New Yorker” ed alcuni brani di un suo libro hanno ispirato un lavoro teatrale della Redgrave. In Blue nights l’autrice ripercorre con un continuo susseguirsi di flash-back la sua vita alla luce della morte della figlia adottiva, Quintana. Ma è un libro che non va a fondo, non parte mai, dietro la patina smielata del dolore non appare nulla. Il racconto stesso lascia trasparire che la vita nel mondo delle star dell’autrice le ha lasciato poco di quella sostanza che dovrebbe avere chi scrivendo un libro chiede al lettore di condividere le emozioni anche solo per qualche ora. E, invece, dietro l’autoreferenzialità dell’autrice il deserto, il nulla più assoluto. Libro piatto, direi banale e addirittura inutile.… (altro)
 
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Statistiche

Opere
43
Opere correlate
30
Utenti
29,336
Popolarità
#682
Voto
3.9
Recensioni
648
ISBN
428
Lingue
16
Preferito da
137
A proposito di
2
Citazioni
670

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