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Dinitia Smith was born on 26 December, 1945 in Cumberland, Maryland, U.S., is a Dinitia Smith is American author and filmmaker American author and filmmaker. Discover Dinitia Smith's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 78 years old?

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Occupation Author · filmmaker
Age 78 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 26 December, 1945
Birthday 26 December
Birthplace Cumberland, Maryland, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Her husband is David Nasaw (m. 1978)

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1945

Dinitia Smith (born December 26, 1945) is an American author and filmmaker.

Smith was born in Cumberland, Maryland, and raised primarily in Great Britain, where her father was a journalist.

1959

She came to the United States in 1959, and lived in New York City and Westchester.

After graduating from Smith College, she worked as a reporter for the Associated Press in New York.

1971

She enrolled in the New York University Film School, and in 1971 obtained a Masters of Fine Arts.

In 1971, she wrote and directed her first film, Passing Quietly Through, under her then-married name McCarthy.

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, and also wrote several screenplays.

Her films have been shown at the Whitney Museum and the Museum of Modern Art.

1975

In 1975, Smith won an Emmy Award for a film she made for WNBC–TV.

1978

Smith has been married to historian and author David Nasaw since 1978.

It is a second marriage for both.

They have two sons.

1980

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 and the Ingram Merrill Foundation.

Her short fiction has been published in numerous literary journals.

1995

Smith was also a contributing editor at New York magazine; from 1995 to 2006 she worked for The New York Times, where she wrote about arts and intellectual trends and ideas.

1997

Her third novel, The Illusionist, published in 1997, was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.

2016

The Honeymoon, her biographical novel about the 19th century writer George Eliot, was published in 2016.

The New York Times wrote that "Smith's enchanting account humanizes a figure renowned as much for her refutation of conventional female stereotypes and social limitations as for her genius for story and language".

A reviewer for The Washington Post called the book "the perfect example of when fictional storytelling about an eminent person is warranted".

Smith's fifth novel, The Prince, (Arcade Publishing, 2022) is a contemporary retelling of Henry James's The Golden Bowl. NPR called The Prince "a winner …a compelling story of sexual obsession and the expectations and tolerances of society.” Novelist Lee Child wrote The Prince is “Beautiful, elegant and delicate.” The National Book Review called the novel "deliciously satisfying."

Smith has taught at Columbia University and the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference.