Joan Didion

Writing

Born: 1934-12-05
Died: 2021-12-23
From: Sacramento, California, USA
Gender: Female
Popularity: 0.5

Biography

Joan Didion was an American writer. In the late 1960s, Didion's reportage brought Californian subcultures to wider attention. Her political writing often concentrated on the subtext of rhetoric.

Awards & Nominations12 won · 2 nominated

🏆 Won

California Hall of Fame

2014
🏆 Won

National Medal of Arts

2013
🏆 Won

National Humanities Medal

2012
🏆 Won

National Book Award

The Year of Magical Thinking

2007
🏆 Won

Prix Médicis essai

2007
Nominated

Pulitzer Prize for Biography

The Year of Magical Thinking

2006
🏆 Won

Los Angeles Times Book Prize

2005
🏆 Won

American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals

2005
Nominated

National Book Award for Nonfiction

The Year of Magical Thinking

2005
🏆 Won

St. Louis Literary Award

2002
🏆 Won

George Polk Award

The New York Review of Books

2001
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Edward MacDowell Medal

1996
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Ambassador Book Award

Miami

1988
🏆 Won

Evelyn F. Burkey Award