Dinitia Smith

Dinita Smith
Born Cumberland, Maryland
Occupation Author
Nationality United States

Dinitia Smith (born December 26, 1945) is an American author and filmmaker. She was previously a culture reporter for The New York Times.

Biography

Dinitia Smith was born in Cumberland, Maryland and raised primarily in Great Britain, where her father was a journalist. She came to the United States in 1959 and lived in New York City and Westchester. After graduating from Smith College,[1] she worked as a reporter for the Associated Press in New York.[2] She enrolled in the New York University Film School and in 1971 obtained a Masters of Fine Arts. That year, she wrote and directed her first film, Passing Quietly Through, under her then-married name McCarthy.[3] That film was one of the first films by a woman to be chosen for the New York Film Festival. Smith continued to make documentaries, including some with American documentary filmmaker, David Grubin,[4] and also wrote several screenplays.[5] Her films have been shown at the Whitney Museum and the Museum of Modern Art.[6]

In 1975, Smith won an Emmy Award for a film she made for WNBC – TV.[7] She published her first novel, The Hard Rain, in 1980. Her second novel, Remember This, won her fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts[8] and the Ingram Merrill Foundation.[9] Her short fiction has been published in numerous literary journals.[10][11]

Smith was also a contributing editor at New York magazine;[12] from 1995 to 2006 she worked for The New York Times, where she wrote about arts and intellectual trends and ideas.[13] Her third novel, The Illusionist, was published in 1997 [14] and her upcoming novel, The Honeymoon is set to be published in early 2016 by Other Press.[15]

Smith has taught at Columbia University and the Bread Loaf Writer's Conference.[16]

Personal life

Smith is married to David Nasaw,[17] an author and historian, and the Arthur M. Schlesinger Professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She has twin sons: Peter Caleb Nasaw (b. 1980), a social worker,[18] and journalist Daniel Allen Nasaw (b. 1980).[19]

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ "Smith College: NewsSmith". www.smith.edu. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
  2. ↑ "The Daily Mail, Hagerstown, MD". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Passing-Quietly-Through - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
  4. ↑ "Somerset Daily American". Retrieved 6 Nov 2015.
  5. ↑ McAllister, Gwyn. "Homosexual witch hunt the subject of a new play". Martha's Vineyard Times. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
  6. ↑ "Art Workshop International". Retrieved 6 Nov 2015.
  7. ↑ "18th Annual New York Emmy Awards Winners". New York Emmy Awards. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "Dinitia Smith". National Endowment for the Arts. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "Dinitia Smith". Creative Writing Program. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  10. ↑ "Magic". www.hudsonreview.com. Retrieved 6 Nov 2015.
  11. ↑ "Valentine's Day". www.nereview.com. Retrieved 6 Nov 2015.
  12. ↑ "Dinitia Smith, "The Puritans"". New York Magazine. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  13. ↑ "Dinita Smith Leaves Full-Time Post at NYT". GalleyCat. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  14. ↑ "Notable Books of the Year 1997". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  15. ↑ ""Book Deals: Week of April 13, 2015". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 6 Nov 2015.
  16. ↑ "Faculty Details: Dinitia Smtih". Art Workshop International. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  17. ↑ "Layla Moughari, Daniel Nasaw". The New York Times. 2014-08-31. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
  18. ↑ "NASAW PETER CALEB - NY - Social Worker Lookup". www.socialworkerlookup.com. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  19. ↑ "Nasaw, David 1945- - Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series | HighBeam Research". www.highbeam.com. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
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