Janet Malcolm

Janet Malcolm was an American journalist, writer, photographer and artist (1934–2021). She was born at Prague and died at Manhattan.

Also recorded as Jana Wienerová; Janet Clara Malcolm.

Janet Malcolm in brief

Born
1934
Died
2021
Known for
journalist, writer, photographer and artist
Place of birth
Prague
Contents

Identity and origins

Janet Malcolm was recorded at birth as Jana Wienerová. The authorities additionally record the headings Jana Wienerová and Janet Clara Malcolm. Her recorded language was English.

Career and activity

Janet Malcolm worked in journalism, non-fiction literature and psychoanalysis.

She was employed by The New Yorker. She belonged to American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Catalogued works

42 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1929 to 2008.

The Journalist and the Murderer. Psychoanalysis: The Impossible Profession. Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice. Ifigenia en Forest Hills. Janet Malcolm. Pictures. Psikhoʾanalizah. Journalist and the Murderer. Forty-One False Starts. Cuarenta y un intentos fallidos. El periodista i l'assassí. El periodista y el asesino. Ba-arkhiyonim shel Froid. Diana and Nikon. In the Freud Archives. Psychoanalysis. Reading Chekhov. The Purloined Clinic. La mujer en silencio. THE SILENT WOMAN. Tempête aux Archives Freud. Nobody's Looking at You. Dos vidas. Zwei Leben. Fortyone False Starts Essays On Artists And Writers. Iphigenia In Forest Hills Anatomy Of A Murder Trial. Milcza ·ca kobieta. Iphigenia in Forest Hills. Anton Chekhov. Burdock, dated 2008. Psicoanalisis, dated 2004. The crime of Sheila McGough, dated 1999. Psychoanalysis, the impossible profession, dated 1981. Diana & Nikon, dated 1980. The Goose Fair, Albi, dated c. 1929, etching with aquatint in black on cream wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1930.253. Suzanne, dated n.d., charcoal, with stumping, on cream wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1946.52. In the Freud archives / Janet Malcolm., dated [1997], held by Wellcome Collection. Psychoanalysis : the impossible profession / by Janet Malcolm., dated 1981, held by Wellcome Collection. The silent woman : Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes / by Janet Malcolm., dated 1994, held by Wellcome Collection. Ferguson-Smith correspondence, Gl-Gu, dated 3 Feb 1977-3 Nov 1977, held by Wellcome Collection. Are you sitting comfortably? : a guide to choosing easy chairs / by Malcolm Ellis, Janette Munton., dated [1991], held by Wellcome Collection. Correspondence: alphabetical sequence Ha-Hen, dated 1939-1955, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 19 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

6 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

JORNALISMO, A PROFISSÃO IMPOSSÍVEL: ENSAIO E REPORTAGEM EM JANET MALCOLM. EN LOS ARCHIVOS DE FREUD EBOOK | Janet Malcolm | Descargar libro PDF EPUB, 2026. Remembering Janet Malcolm: her intellectual courage shaped journalism, biographies and Helen Garner, 2021. LEAVING JANET MALCOLM, The Yale Review, 2011. Janet Malcolm, Chekhov: a Critical Journey, Opticon1826, 2010. A Certain Distance Questions of Identity and (Auto)biography in the Work of Janet Malcolm, Svět Literatury, 2026.

Digitised editions and texts

2 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

In The Freud Archives (1984) — Internet Archive. Cannegieter's manuscripts of Avianus (1913) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 11 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Janet Malcolm studied at University of Michigan. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is journalism, non-fiction literature and psychoanalysis.

Employment is recorded with The New Yorker. Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Distinctions recorded are PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography and Judy Grahn Award.

Chronology

  1. 1913Cannegieter's manuscripts of Avianus digitised by Internet Archive.
  2. 1934Janet Malcolm born at Prague.
  3. 1984In The Freud Archives digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 2021Janet Malcolm died at Manhattan.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    EN LOS ARCHIVOS DE FREUD EBOOK | Janet Malcolm | Descargar libro PDF EPUB, 2026

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    JORNALISMO, A PROFISSÃO IMPOSSÍVEL: ENSAIO E REPORTAGEM EM JANET MALCOLM

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    LEAVING JANET MALCOLM, The Yale Review, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Open Library author record for Janet Malcolm (Internet Archive), 47 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  5. 5.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 1 article naming Janet Malcolm.

    open access index · Unverified

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  6. 6.

    Internet Archive, 3 digitised items catalogued under Janet Malcolm as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  7. 7.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Janet Malcolm.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  8. 8.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 19 works naming Janet Malcolm.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  9. 9.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q6153486: Janet Malcolm

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  10. 10.

    “Janet Malcolm”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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