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Joan Didion breaks collarbone in fall

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Author Joan Didion has fallen and broken her collarbone, leading to the cancellation of an April appearance in Minnesota, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported Tuesday.

In an online post, the Star-Tribune wrote that Didion ‘had been scheduled to appear in mid-April at the Ted Mann Hall on the University of Minnesota campus. A UM spokesperson said it was unlikely that her appearance would be rescheduled this year.’

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Joan Didion, now 76, won the 2005 National Book Award for her memoir ‘The Year of Magical Thinking.’ The longtime New Yorker is a California native -- she’s written about her hometown, Sacramento, and deftly chronicled San Francisco and L.A. in the turbulent ‘60s in ‘The White Album’ and ‘Slouching Towards Bethlehem.’

-- Carolyn Kellogg

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