"I wanted not a window on the world but the world itself" ⁠ Author and essayist Joan Didion, who has died aged 87.⁠ An astute observer of American life, related in concise but highly-distinctive prose, she was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2005 and received the National Medal of Arts in 2013.⁠ For more coverage, follow our bio link.⁠ 📷: Steve Pyke/Hulton Archive/Getty Images I 2006 I pyke.eye I gettyarchive I #GettyImages #PreservingThePast #GettyArchive⁠ ⁠ #joandidion #stevepyke #americanliterature #letmetellyouwhatimean #thewhitealbum #slouchingtowardsbethlehem #theyearofmagicalthinking⁠ ⁠