Jane Smiley

American novelist

Person Human Q441067

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18 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: female^[26]
Date of birth: September 26, 1949, 1949^[8]
Place of birth: Los Angeles
Country of citizenship: United States^[9]
Occupation: writer, novelist, literary critic, journalist, screenwriter
Employer: Iowa State University^[10]
Educated at: University of Iowa, Vassar College, John Burroughs School^[11]^[12]^[13]
Award received: Fulbright Scholarship, Heartland Prize (1991), O. Henry Award (1985), National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (1991), Society of American Historians Prize for Historical Fiction (2023)^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]
Notable work: A Thousand Acres, The Greenlanders, Moo, Some Luck, The Man Who Invented the Computer^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]
Official website: therealjanesmiley.com^[29]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[30]
Family name: Smiley^[27]
Given name: Jane^[28]
Member of: American Academy of Arts and Letters (2001–present), American Academy of Arts and Sciences^[24]^[25]
Name in native language: Jane Smiley^[31]
On focus list of Wikimedia project: Art+Feminism^[32]
Writing language: English

🏷️ Also known as

en Jane Graves Smiley en Jane Smiley ar جين سمايلي fa جین اسمایلی fr Jane Graves Smiley he ג'יין סמיילי ja ジェーン・スマイリー ko 제인 스마일리 ko 제인 그레이브스 스마일리 ru Джейн Смайли ru Смайли, Джейн sv Smiley uk Джейн Смайлі zh 簡·斯邁利

🔖 Identifiers · 71

ISNI: 0000000122771859
VIAF cluster ID: 19714915
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n79143875
GND ID: 119484358
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Jane smiley 2009.jpg ↗
Angelicum ID: 48262
Awards & Winners artist ID: 03tj86
BBC Things ID: d912d6ad-131d-4bd4-82d9-774c3bc34d24
BIBSYS ID: 90339330
Babelio author ID: 6806
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12147345x
BookBrainz author ID: 09041462-5888-422d-adf5-965805075593

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C-SPAN person numeric ID: 48751
C-SPAN person string ID (deprecated): janesmiley
CANTIC ID: 981058617941806706
CBDB.cz author ID: 17531
CiNii Research ID: 1140563741731331200
DDB person (GND) ID: 119484358
Databazeknih.cz author ID: 38998
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Jane-Smiley
Europeana entity: agent/base/67658
Evene ID: jane-smiley-5902
FAST ID: 47128
Fantastic Fiction author ID: s/jane-smiley
FemBio ID: 25481
Film.ru person ID: jane-smiley
Freebase ID: /m/03tj86
Goodreads author ID: 1339 (2020)
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Jane_Smiley
HAND ID: 50A7-9C0E-D345-2F6A-5FA0
Harper's tag: jane-smiley
IMDb ID: nm0806959
ISFDB author ID: 4667
IdRef ID: 029958512
J9U entity ID: 987007303532505171
JRC Names ID: 97082
KBR person ID: 14750373
Kinobox person ID: 48947
LibraryThing author ID: smileyjane
Libris-URI: nl024jj629dc65v
Munzinger person ID: 00000022332
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA07547708
NE.se ID: jane-smiley
NL CR AUT ID: xx0002779
NNDB people ID: 493/000104181
NUKAT ID: n96220410
National Library of Greece ID: 77576
National Library of Korea ID: KAC199625609
National Library of Latvia ID: 000025909
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810529956305606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX996416
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 070234329
Obálky knih ID: xx0002779
Open Library ID: OL32519A
PORT person ID: 148385
Parsifal cluster ID: 281069
Penguin Random House author ID: 28760
Plex person key: 5dcd38738b9802001f686b38
Prabook ID: 355122
Quora topic ID: Jane-Smiley-1
SBN author ID: RAVV079739
SELIBR ID: 225306
SNAC ARK ID: w6ww935r
SVKKL authority ID: p0104354-Smiley-Jane-1949
TMDB person ID: 1236833
The Guardian topic ID: books/jane-smiley
The Paris Review interviewee ID: 6402
Union Catalog of Armenian Libraries authority ID: 28950
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJtMjgD3hhR73X6hfhTmBP
Yale LUX ID: person/1196f3bf-c773-4f5d-86e1-a0c6d4f37e61
ČSFD person ID: 226791

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🔗 Connections

Occupation 5

writer, journalist, screenwriter, novelist, literary critic

Award received 3

Fulbright Scholarship, O. Henry Award, Heartland Prize

Educated at 2

University of Iowa, Vassar College

Member of 2

American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Letters

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Employer 1

Iowa State University

Given name 1

Jane

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

On focus list of Wikimedia project 1

Art+Feminism

Place of birth 1

Los Angeles

Sex or gender 1

female

Writing language 1

English

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Summary

Jane Smiley was born on September 26, 1949^[1], in Los Angeles^[2]. She has worked as a writer^[3], novelist^[4], literary critic^[5], journalist^[6], and screenwriter^[7].

FAQs

Where was Jane Smiley born?

Jane Smiley was born in Los Angeles^[2].

What did Jane Smiley do for work?

Jane Smiley worked as a writer^[3], novelist^[4], literary critic^[5], journalist^[6], and screenwriter^[7].

Where did Jane Smiley go to school?

Jane Smiley was educated at University of Iowa^[11], Vassar College^[12], and John Burroughs School^[13].

What awards did Jane Smiley receive?

Honors received include Fulbright Scholarship^[19], Heartland Prize^[20], O. Henry Award^[21], and National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction^[22].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Jane Smiley — place of birth (P19): Los Angeles. The International Who's Who of Women 2006. Retrieved 2026-10-17. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Jane Smiley — sex or gender (P21): female. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Jane Smiley — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Jane Smiley — educated at (P69): University of Iowa. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Jane Smiley — educated at (P69): Vassar College. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Jane Smiley — educated at (P69): John Burroughs School. Retrieved 2021-03-04. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Jane Smiley — occupation (P106): writer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Jane Smiley — occupation (P106): novelist. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Jane Smiley — occupation (P106): literary critic. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Jane Smiley — occupation (P106): journalist. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Jane Smiley — occupation (P106): screenwriter. Retrieved 2019-05-21. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Jane Smiley — employer (P108): Iowa State University. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Jane Smiley — award received (P166): Fulbright Scholarship. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Jane Smiley — award received (P166): Heartland Prize. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Jane Smiley — award received (P166): O. Henry Award. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Jane Smiley — award received (P166): National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. bookcritics.org. bookcritics.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Jane Smiley — award received (P166): Society of American Historians Prize for Historical Fiction. sah.columbia.edu. sah.columbia.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Jane Smiley — member of (P463): American Academy of Arts and Letters. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Jane Smiley — member of (P463): American Academy of Arts and Sciences. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Jane Smiley — date of birth (P569): September 26, 1949. IMDb. Retrieved 2015-10-16. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Jane Smiley — date of birth (P569): January 1, 1949. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2019-11-23. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Jane Smiley — family name (P734): Smiley. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Jane Smiley — given name (P735): Jane. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Jane Smiley — notable work (P800): A Thousand Acres. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Jane Smiley — notable work (P800): The Greenlanders. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Jane Smiley — notable work (P800): Moo. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Jane Smiley — notable work (P800): Some Luck. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Jane Smiley — notable work (P800): The Man Who Invented the Computer. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Jane Smiley — official website (P856): https://therealjanesmiley.com/. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Jane Smiley — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Jane Smiley — name in native language (P1559): Jane Smiley. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Jane Smiley — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): Art+Feminism. wikidata.org.

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29d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗

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PORT person ID → 148385

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Harper's tag → jane-smiley

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