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Joan Didion
American writer (1934–2021).
Born December 5th, 1934 in Sacramento.
Died December 23rd, 2021 at 87 years old in Manhattan (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Joan Didion, a novelist, essayist and screenwriter, passed away on 2021-12-23 00:00:00 UTC at the age of 87. She had an illustrious career in various literary fields, beginning in the 1950s when she first became a published author. Didion was a renowned writer, known for such works as Play It as It Lays, The Year of Magical Thinking, and Goodbye to All That. Her reputation and successful writing career earned her several prestigious awards, including the National Humanities Medal and the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, among many others. A native Californian, Didion was a much-loved figure in literature who won the hearts of the readers of her generation as well as the next. From her realistic yet uncompromising writing style to her brilliant wit and charm, she will be deeply missed.
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Born June 8th, 1933 in New York City, Brooklyn.
Died September 4th, 2014 at 81 years old
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel