Muriel Drazien Explained

Muriel Drazien
Birth Date:7 September 1938
Birth Place:New York, USA
Death Place:Rome, Italy
Education:Columbia University
Occupation:Psychoanalyst, author
Spouse:Pasquale Chessa

Muriel Drazien (September 7, 1938 – April 14, 2018) was an American psychoanalyst working first in Paris and then in Rome, a Lacanian and one of the three Tripode[1] that fostered the teaching of Jacques Lacan in Italy.

Biography

Born in New York from parents of middle European Ashkenazi descent she was educated at Columbia University.She won a Fulbright scholarship to study medicine in Paris.There she studied psychoanalysis under the direct tuition of Jacques Lacan and went on to work with many French exponents of his discipline, includingFrançoise Dolto, Maud Mannoni, Moustapha Safouan. She was one of the founders of École Freudienne de Paris.[2]

Consistent with Lacan's 1973 Letter to the Italians,[3] [4] [5] in which she is nominated along with Contri and Verdiglione, she transferred to work in Rome, where she fostered Lacan's teaching.

In 1983, she founded the Psychoanalytic Association Cosa Freudiana[6] to which she also acted as chairperson.[7]

In 2002, in conjunction with the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and she founded the Laboratorio Freudiano[8] where she acted as both director and teacher.

She is remembered[1] as a valued member of the Association Lacanienne Internationale.[9]

Bibliography

Mostly in French or Italian:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marisa Fiumanò . In memoria di Muriel Drazien; ALI-in-Italia . Freud-lacan.it . 2018-05-05.
  2. Web site: École Freudienne. www.ecolefreudienne.fr. 5 May 2018.
  3. Julia EvansWeb site: The Italian Note: April 1973 : Jacques Lacan, Lacanian Works. www.lacanianworks.net. 5 May 2018.
  4. Transl. Jack W. Stone Web site: Letter to three Italian Lacanians: Contri, Drazien and Verdiglione . 2018-05-05.
  5. Érik Porge, Porge . Erik . 2007 . La lettre aux Italiens... et à quelques autres . Psychanalyse . 2 . 81–93 . 10.3917/psy.009.0081 . 2018-05-14. Psychanalyse, 2007/2 (n° 9) (in French)
  6. Web site: Cosa Freudiana – Bollettino di Psicanalisi n.1 - Laboratorio Freudiano. 7 April 2013. 5 May 2018.
  7. Web site: - la Repubblica.it. 5 May 2018.
  8. Web site: Laboratorio Freudiano - Per la formazione degli psicoterapeuti. Laboratorio Freudiano. 5 May 2018.
  9. Web site: Accueil . Freud-Lacan . 2018-05-05.