Background
Smarr, Janet Levarie was born on May 20, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Siegmund and Norma (Cohn) Levarie.
Smarr, Janet Levarie was born on May 20, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Siegmund and Norma (Cohn) Levarie.
Bachelor, Brown University, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1975.
Instructor, Princeton (Illinois) U., 1975-1976; instructor, U. Massachusetts, Boston, 1976-1977; Mellon faculty fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1977-1978; assistant professor, Yale University, New Haven, 1978-1980; assistant professor comparative literature, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1980-1986; associate professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1986-1992; professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, since 1992; acting director comparative literature program, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1992-1993; director, since 1994. Member Executive Committee Center for Renaissance Studies, Newberry Library., Chicago, since 1989.
Member Modern Language Association, American Association Italian Studies, American Boccaccio Association, American Renaissance Society, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Larry Lee Smarr, June 3, 1973. Children: Joseph, Benjamin.