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Didion, Joan (1934– )| US author and journalist. She is known for her terse yet eloquent views of modern American society, especially California, where she grew up. Her sharp, culturally evocative writing includes the novel A Book of Common Prayer (1970) and the essays of The White Album (1979). She adapted her memoir The Year of Magical Thinking (2005; National Book Award) to stage in 2007. |
| Her other works include the essays Slouching toward Bethlehem (1968) and the novels Run River (1963), Play It As It Lays (1970), and Democracy (1984), which depict the cultural disintegration of modern life. |
| She reported on current events in Salvador (1983) and Miami (1987). |
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