Muriel Drazien (September 7, 1938 – April 14, 2018) in

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, was a psychoanalyst working first in

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and then in

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, a

Lacanian Jacques Marie Émile Lacan (, , ; 13 April 1901 – 9 September 1981) was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist. Described as "the most controversial psycho-analyst since Freud", Lacan gave yearly seminars in Paris from 1953 to 1981, and pu ...

and one of the three ''Tripode'' that fostered the teaching of

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Biography

Born in

from parents of middle European

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descent she was educated at

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. She won a

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to study medicine in

. There she studied psychoanalysis under the direct tuition of

and went on to work with many French exponents of his discipline, including Françoise Dolto, Maud Mannoni,

Moustapha Safouan Moustafa or Moustapha Safouan ( ar, مصطفى صفوان, 17 May 1921–7 November 2020) was an Egyptian psychoanalyst. Life Born in Alexandria, Safouan was the son of a teacher and trade unionist who was imprisoned for several years for his pol ...

. She was one of the founders of '' École Freudienne de Paris''. Consistent with Lacan's 1973 ''Letter to the Italians'', 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'' to which she also acted as chairperson. In 2002, in conjunction with the Italian ''Ministry of Education, Universities'' and she founded the ''Laboratorio Freudiano'' where she acted as both director and teacher. She is remembered as a valued member of the ''Association Lacanienne Internationale''.

Bibliography

Mostly in French or Italian: * Drazien, M. (2007) Couples: ''Coppie. Una storia psicanalitica: il nodo di Lacan'', Carocci, * Drazien, M. (2007) Nora fitted Jim like a glove: ''Nora calzava a Jim come un guanto''. Escursione intorno al desiderio maschile e femminile, in ''Desiderio di uomo e desiderio di donna'', Eds. M. Fiumanò, Roma, Carocci. * Drazien, M. (2010) Joyce the love between symptom and sinthome: ''Joyce. L'amour entre symptôme et sinthome'', in Dante Alighieri. Les effets inattendus de l'amour de la langue
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* Drazien, M. (2010) The Gaze of the World: ''Lo sguardo del mondo'' L'Osservatore Romano, 18 dec 2010

* Drazien, M. (2012) Love of transfert: ''L’amore di transfert. La formazione di un’analiste'', in Le mie sere con Lacan, Editori Internazionale Riuniti, * Drazien, M. (2013) Joyce and l’élangues: ''Joyce et l’élangues'', in Une journée entière avec James Joyce
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* Drazien, M. (2016) Lacan reader of Joyce: ''Lacan lettore di Joyce'', Portaparole, * Drazien, M. (2017) The crime of Rina Forte: ''Le crime de Rina Forte'', in Il sapere che viene dai folli, Eds: N. Dissez, C. Fanelli, Roma, Derive Approdi. . * Drazien, M. et al. (2004) Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ''Dizionario di Psicanalisi'', Gremese, Roma 2004. .

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Drazien, Muriel 1938 births French biographers Writers from New York City French psychoanalysts American emigrants to France Columbia University alumni 21st-century French women writers 21st-century biographers French women biographers 2018 deaths French women historians