Author: Joan Didion

 

(ph: Julian Wasser)

Joan Didion was an American writer. Her career began in the 1950s after she won an essay contest sponsored by Vogue magazine. Her writing during the 1960s through the late 1970s engaged audiences in the realities of the counterculture of the 1960s and the Hollywood lifestyle.

Bio:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Didion 

New Stuff: Joan Didion

 

New Stuff: Joan Didion

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold (2017)

Literary icon Joan Didion reflects on her remarkable career and personal struggles.

Intimate documentary directed by the author's nephew gives a quite comprehensive overview of her life and works and - especially the recent years - strongly and excruciatingly tinged with tragedy, loss and grief.