Background
Redon was born Joel Bruce Didzun in Portland, Oregon.
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Joel Redon
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Redon studied writing at New York University and with Paul Bowles at The American School of Tangier in Morocco.
Career
While in New York, Redon wrote for the Village Voice. Redon was befriended by M. F. K. Fisher, to whom he would send manuscripts. Her praise for Redon"s The Road to Zena is printed on the book"s jacket.
They kept up a 6-year correspondence.
Joel Redon was diagnosed with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in 1986. He died at age 33 of complications of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in Sonoma County, California.
He has a square in the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Memorial Quilt.
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United States