Janet Malcolm | |
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 Janet Malcolm in 2013 | |
| Born | Jana Wienerová July 8, 1934 Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Died | June 16, 2021 (aged 86) New York City, US |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Notable work | The Journalist and the Murderer (1990) |
| Notable awards | American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2001 |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Marie Winn (sister) |
Janet Clara Malcolm (born Jana Klara Wienerová;[1] July 8, 1934 – June 16, 2021) was an American writer, staff journalist at The New Yorker magazine, and collagist who fled antisemitic persecution in Nazi-occupied Prague.[2] She was the author of Psychoanalysis: The Impossible Profession (1981), In the Freud Archives (1984), and The Journalist and the Murderer (1990). Malcolm wrote frequently about psychoanalysis and explored the relationship between journalist and subject. She was known for her prose style and for polarizing criticism of her profession, especially in her most contentious work, The Journalist and the Murderer, which has become a staple of journalism-school curricula.
- ^ Italie, Hillel (June 17, 2021). "Janet Malcolm, provocative author-journalist, dies at 86". Associated Press. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
- ^ "Janet Malcolm". Lori Bookstein Fine Art. Archived from the original on January 20, 2009. Retrieved July 19, 2014.