23. Dezember 2021
ZUM TOD DER US-AMERIKANISCHEN JOURNALISTIN, ESSAYISTIN UND SCHRIFTSTELLERIN JOAN DIDION
Die am 5. Dezember 1934 in Sacramento (Kalifornien) geborene US-amerikanische Journalistin, Essayistin, Schriftstellerin und Drehbuchautorin Joan Didion (Bild) ist am 23. Dezember 2021 in Manhattan (New York) gestorben. Didion schrieb regelmässig für «The New York Review of Books» und «The New Yorker». Sie verfasste fünf Romane und viele nicht-fiktionale Bücher. In Didions Werken geht es oft um Kalifornien, speziell in den Sechzigerjahren des 20. Jahrhunderts. Ihre Schilderungen von Verschwörungstheoretikern, Paranoikern und Soziopathen gelten heute als fester Bestandteil amerikanischer Literatur.* 1981 wurde Joan Didion in die American Academy of Arts and Letters und 1989 in die American Academy of Arts and Sciences gewählt. Ab 2006 war sie gewähltes Mitglied der American Philosophical Society. Im Jahr 2005 erhielt Didion den National Book Award (Nonfiction) für «The Year of Magical Thinking».
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Joan Didion, ‘New Journalist’ Who Explored Culture and Chaos, Dies at 87
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
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/23/books/joan-didion-dead.html
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
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:
Didion was a leading figure of the New Journalism movement in the 1960s and ’70s, and she began her career with articles in Life magazine and other publications, capturing the unrest of American life in the postwar era. During her prolific career, she published multiple volumes of essays, nonfiction books, memoirs, novels and screenplays.
Jacqui Palumbo, Scottie Andrew
https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/joan-didion-death-obituary/index.html
«It is easy to see the beginnings of things,» Joan Didion once wrote, «and harder to see the ends.» That author, journalist, style icon, and north star for a certain type of literary young person died today after a prolonged illness.
Alessandra Codinha
https://www.vogue.com/article/joan-didion-obituary
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/
Joan Didion, in her own words: 23 of the best quotes
The Californian author became the ultimate literary celebrity for her journalistic style. Here are some of her best quotes on writing, love, ageing and fear, plus a selection of essays:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/dec/23/joan-didion-in-her-own-words-23-of-the-best-quotes
Joan Didion, chroniqueuse de l’Amérique désaxée, est morte à 87 ans
La romancière, essayiste, journaliste et scénariste Joan Didion est morte jeudi à 87 ans, de la maladie de Parkinson, laissant orpheline toute une génération d’auteurs et d’autrices (Bret Easton Ellis, Jay McInerney, Donna Tartt) qui la prenait, fond et forme, pour référence.
Thomas Stélandre
Zwischen den Zeilen des Lebens
Joan Didion war eine Ikone, eine der bedeutendsten Autorinnen der USA. Ihre Essays, Romane und Reportagen waren genreformend.
Daniel Schreiber
https://www.zeit.de/kultur/literatur/2021-12/joan-didion-buecher-ikone-nachruf
Die Mitte hält nicht mehr
«Wir erzählen uns Geschichten, um zu leben», sagte sie und schrieb selbst die besten Geschichten. Die Reporterin und weltberühmte Essayistin Joan Didion ist mit 87 Jahren in New York gestorben.
Willi Winkler
Der sterbende Glanz und die Sechziger
Erst die «Vogue» und der «New Journalism», dann besondere Trauerbücher: Die große Essayistin und Schriftstellerin Joan Didion ist gestorben.
Gerrit Bartels
Brillant und sensibel kartografierte die Autorin Amerikas Befindlichkeiten
Mit ihrem vibrierenden Temperament und ihrem unmittelbaren Zugriff auf die Themen, denen sie sich zuwandte, war Joan Didion eine herausragende Vertreterin des New Journalism. Auf weltweites Interesse stiess sie mit ihren Büchern über Trauer. Nun ist sie 87-jährig gestorben.
Andrea Köhler
Audios / Videos:
Joan Didion: The NPR interviews
https://www.npr.org/2021/12/23/1067414954/joan-didion-npr-interviews
Joan Didion interview (1992)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v13u9sJA5ks
Joan Didion Interview with Rafael Pi Roman.mp4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYH9MLX7irI
Conversation: Joan Didion on ‚Blue Nights‘, 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjVth8b2_R4
Joan Didion and Sloane Crosley | 11-21-2011 | LIVE from the NYPL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIGY1tt12Mw
Mid-20th Century Writers: Joan Didion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ_lY6RPNYg
Mehr:
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https://www.newyorker.com/tag/joan-didion
https://achievement.org/achiever/joan-didion/
https://www.c-span.org/person/?46250/JoanDidion
https://www.nybooks.com/contributors/joan-didion/
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n78089822/
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0225820/
https://www.fembio.org/biographie.php/frau/biographie/joan-didion/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Didion
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