Janet Malcolm

Janet Clara Malcolm (born Jana Klara Wienerová;[1] July 8, 1934 – June 16, 2021) was an American writer and journalist. She worked at The New Yorker magazine.[2] She was the author of Psychoanalysis: The Impossible Profession (1981), In the Freud Archives (1984), and The Journalist and the Murderer (1990).

Janet Malcolm
Janet Malcolm in 2013
Janet Malcolm in 2013
BornJana Wienerová
(1934-07-08)July 8, 1934
Prague, Czechoslovakia
DiedJune 16, 2021(2021-06-16) (aged 86)
New York City, U.S.
NationalityUnited States
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
SubjectPsychoanalysis
Notable workThe Journalist and the Murderer (1990)
Notable awardsAmerican Academy of Arts and Letters, 2001
Children1
RelativesMarie Winn (sister)

Malcolm died from lung cancer at the age of 86 on June 16, 2021, at a hospital in Manhattan.[3]

References

  1. Italie, Hillel (June 17, 2021). "Janet Malcolm, provocative author-journalist, dies at 86". Associated Press. https://apnews.com/article/janet-malcolm-europe-journalists-entertainment-arts-and-entertainment-f5c7d8a35430e8fd8809f0189a99334d. Retrieved June 17, 2021. 
  2. "Janet Malcolm". Lori Bookstein Fine Art. Archived from the original on January 20, 2009. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  3. Seelye, Katharine Q. (June 17, 2021). "Janet Malcolm, Provocative Journalist With a Piercing Eye, Dies at 86" (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/17/business/media/janet-malcolm-dead.html. Retrieved June 17, 2021.