Joan Didion
American writer (1934-2021) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 87
Joan Didion was an American writer and journalist. She is considered one of the pioneers of New Journalism, along with Gay Talese, Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, Hunter S. Thompson and Tom Wolfe.
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2021Died23 December 20212014California Hall of FameAward2013National Medal of ArtsAward2012National Humanities MedalAward2007National Book AwardAwardPrix Médicis essaiAward2005American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold MedalsAwardLos Angeles Times Book PrizeAward2002St. Louis Literary AwardAward2001George Polk AwardAward1996Edward MacDowell MedalAward1988Ambassador Book AwardAward1934Born5 December 1934
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- Dominick Dunne Produced The Panic in Needle Park (1971)
Barbra Streisand Produced A Star Is Born (1976)
Tony Richardson Directed Women and Men: Stories of Seduction (1990)
Ken Russell Directed Women and Men: Stories of Seduction (1990)
David Brown Produced Women and Men: Stories of Seduction (1990)
Frank Pierson Directed A Star Is Born (1976)
Jerry Schatzberg Directed The Panic in Needle Park (1971)
Irwin Winkler Produced True Confessions (1981)
Jon Avnet Directed Up Close & Personal (1996)
Ulu Grosbard Directed True Confessions (1981)- Ann Scott Influenced by Joan
Dee Rees Directed The Last Thing He Wanted (2020)
Robert Chartoff Produced True Confessions (1981)
Frederic Raphael Directed Women and Men: Stories of Seduction (1990)
Jon Peters Produced A Star Is Born (1976)
Ted Hartley Produced Women and Men: Stories of Seduction (1990)- Jordan Kerner Produced Up Close & Personal (1996)
Cassian Elwes Produced The Last Thing He Wanted (2020)
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United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1934 to 2021 · aged 87
