NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 The archives of the late Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne, spanning from letters and wedding pictures to manuscripts and screenplay drafts, have been acquired by the New York Public Library.
鈥淭he Library is thrilled to announce that our outstanding research collections will now include the archive of Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne, iconic voices of postwar American journalism, fiction, and screenwriting,鈥 Declan Kiely, the library's director of Special Collections and Exhibitions, said in a statement Friday.
Didion and Dunne were married from 1964 until They were among the world鈥檚 most prominent literary couples and the letters in their archives include correspondence with Jacqueline Kennedy, Tennessee Williams, Nora Ephron and former Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, childhood friend of Didion鈥檚
鈥淲e anticipate that the Didion and Dunne papers, once processed, will become one of our most heavily used collections and an essential resource for scholars, students, and those interested in their intensely collaborative life and work,鈥 Kiely's statement said.
the novels 鈥淧lay It as It Lays鈥 and 鈥淎 Book of Common Prayer,鈥 such classic essay collections as 鈥淭he White Album鈥 and 鈥淪louching Towards Bethlehem鈥 and for her memoir 鈥淭he Year of Magical Thinking,鈥 in which she writes about mourning Dunne.
Dunne's books included the nonfiction Hollywood account 鈥淪tudio鈥 and the novel 鈥淭rue Confessions.鈥 He and Didion also collaborated on several screenplays, including 鈥淭he Panic in Needle Park鈥 and the 1976 remake of 鈥淎 Star Is Born.鈥
