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# Janna Malamud Smith

(1952)   Writer

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Janna Malamud Smith is a writer.

## Quick Facts About Janna Malamud Smith

Born January 1, 1952

Profession Writer

## About Janna Malamud Smith

American writer... \| Janna Malamud Smith is an American non-fiction writer. She was born in Corvallis, Oregon in 1952, the second of two children born to Ann DeChiara Malamud and the writer Bernard Malamud. She grew up in Oregon, then in Bennington, Vermont, and Cambridge, Massachusetts. She received her A.B. from Harva

##  Quotes by Janna Malamud Smith

> [“I thought of her as my mother, but rarely of myself as her daughter.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janna-malamud-smith/i-thought-of-her-as-my-mother-but-rarely-of-myself-as-her-daughter/)

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> [“Perhaps a book becomes a classic in proportion to how broadly its characters can be scavenged, how many readers find within it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janna-malamud-smith/perhaps-a-book-becomes-a-classic-in-proportion-to-how-broadly-its/)

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