Joan Didion (1934–2021)

Autore di L' anno del pensiero magico

43+ opere 29,336 membri 648 recensioni 137 preferito

Sull'Autore

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

Popolari Recenti

L' anno del pensiero magico (2005) 10,191 copie

Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays (1968) 4,025 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

We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live (2006) 749 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

Fixed Ideas: America Since 9.11 (2003) 150 copie

Joan Didion: The 1960s & 70s (2019) 136 copie

The Year of Magical Thinking {drama} (2007) 108 copie

Joan Didion: The 1980s & 90s (2021) 61 copie

A Star Is Born [1976 film] (1976) — Screenwriter — 52 copie

Live and Learn (2005) 52 copie

Joan Didion: Collected Essays (2018) 49 copie

Up Close & Personal [1996 film] (1996) — Writer — 29 copie

Slouching Towards Bethlehem / Play it as it Lays (1992) 21 copie

Ed Ruscha: Course of Empire (2005) 19 copie

L'Amérique, 1965-1990 : Chroniques (2009) 16 copie

Joan Didion: What She Means (2022) 14 copie

True Confessions [1981 film] (1981) — Screenwriter — 13 copie

The Panic in Needle Park [1971 film] (2014) — Screenwriter — 10 copie

Telling Stories (Series of Keepsakes Issued by the Friends of Bancroft Library, No. 26) (1978) 9 copie

Los que sueñan el sueño dorado (Literatura Random House) (Spanish Edition) (2012) 9 copie

After Henry {essay} 6 copie

Dinge zurechtrücken: Gespräche aus vierzig Jahren (Kampa Salon) (2018) 5 copie

Goodbye to All That 4 copie

Insider Baseball: from Political Fictions (Kindle Single) (A Vintage Short) (2016) 4 copie

Didion, Joan Archive 2 copie

Überfall im Central Park: Eine Reportage (1991) 2 copie

On Self-Respect 2 copie

On Keeping a Notebook [excerpt from Slouching Towards Bethlehem] 2 copie

“Quiet Days in Malibu” 1 copia

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Opere correlate

The Art of the Personal Essay (1994) — Collaboratore — 1,342 copie

Boom! Voices of the Sixties: Personal Reflections on the '60s and Today (2007) — Collaboratore — 879 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

The Art of Fact: A Historical Anthology of Literary Journalism (1997) — Collaboratore — 211 copie

Reporting Civil Rights, Part 2: American Journalism 1963-1973 (2003) — Collaboratore — 210 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 edizioni — 177 copie

The Writer on Her Work, Volume I: Contemporary Women Writers Reflect on their Art and Situation (1980) — Collaboratore — 175 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

Writing Women's Lives: An Anthology of Autobiographical Narratives by Twentieth-Century American Women Writers (1994) — Collaboratore — 119 copie

The Best American Essays 1989 (1989) — Collaboratore — 98 copie

Writing New York: A Literary Anthology (Expanded 10th-Anniversary Edition) (2008) — Collaboratore — 92 copie

Women's Magazines, 1940-1960: Gender Roles and the Popular Press (1998) — Collaboratore — 89 copie

The Glorious American Essay: One Hundred Essays from Colonial Times to the Present (2020) — Collaboratore — 79 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

About Women: An Anthology of Contemporary Fiction, Poetry, and Essays (1973) — Collaboratore — 26 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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Informazioni generali

Nome canonico: Didion, Joan
Data di nascita: 1934-12-05
Data di morte: 2021-12-23
Sesso: female
Nazionalità: USA
Luogo di nascita: Sacramento, Californië, USA
Luogo di morte: Manhattan, New York, USA
Causa della morte: Parkinson's disease
Luogo di residenza: New York, New York, USA
Istruzione: University of California, Berkeley
Attività lavorative: writer
journalist
Relazioni: Dunne, John Gregory (echtgenoot)
Dunne, Dominick (schoonbroer)
Dunne, Quintana Roo (dochter)
Organizzazioni: American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 1981)
Premi e riconoscimenti: 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)
Agente: Lynn Nesbit (Janklow and Nesbit)
Henry Robbins

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Recensioni

Blue nights di Joan Didion

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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