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Joan Didion

Joan Didion, American writer (born 1934)

Life at a glance

Died: 2021 · December 23

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Who they were

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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Joan Didion appears on our December 23 calendar for 2021 as a death entry.

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December 23 2021.

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