ZUM TOD DER US-AMERIKANISCHEN JOURNALISTIN, ESSAYISTIN UND SCHRIFTSTELLERIN JOAN DIDION

She established a distinctive voice in American fiction before turning to political reporting and screenplay writing. But it was California, her native state, that provided her with her richest material.

William Grimes

Remembering Joan Didion: A look back at her writing, interviews and more

Joan Didion, celebrated novelist, memoirist and social critic, died Thursday morning at age 87. The Sacramento-born author influenced a generation of writers with her cool detachment, humor and acute observations of American politics and culture.

Amy Wong

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-12-23/remembering-joan-didion-a-look-back-at-her-writing-interviews-and-more

The essential Joan Didion: An L.A. Times reading list for newcomers and fans alike

Joan Didion, who died Thursday at 87, produced decades’ worth of memorable work across genres and subjects: personal essays, reporting and criticism on pop culture, political dispatches from at home and abroad and, near the end of her career, a bestselling memoir and a follow-up. Whether you’re a newcomer looking for a place to start or a reader looking to dive deeper, here’s a guide to Didion’s writing, start to finish:

Joan Didion, Literary Titan, Dies at 87

Didion became renowned for her linguistic froideur, keen insights, and provocative yet elegant prose, writing fiction, nonfiction, and screenplays over the course of her lengthy career. But she saved her most personal subjects for last. Her acclaimed 2005 book, The Year of Magical Thinking, in which she grappled with the unexpected death of her husband, won the National Book Award for Nonfiction. She also attempted to come to terms with the death of her child in 2011’s Blue Nights. 

Janet Fries

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2021/12/joan-didion-dead-87

Joan Didion Says ‘Goodbye to All That’: Literary Icon Dead at 87

Novelist, essayist, critic, and journalist died after a battle with Parkinson’s disease

Jon Blistein

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/joan-didion-dead-obituary-1275541/