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Myron Russcol Sharaf (July 7, 1926 – May 13, 1997) was an American writer and
psychotherapist Psychotherapy (also psychological therapy, talk therapy, or talking therapy) is the use of psychological methods, particularly when based on regular personal interaction, to help a person change behavior, increase happiness, and overcome pro ...
. He was a lecturer in
psychiatry Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders. These include various maladaptations related to mood, behaviour, cognition, and perceptions. See glossary of psychiatry. Initial psych ...
at
Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the graduate medical school of Harvard University and is located in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1782, HMS is one of the oldest medical schools in the United States and is consi ...
, the director of the Center for Sociopsychological Research and Education at
Boston State Hospital Boston State Hospital is a historic mental hospital located in Mattapan and Dorchester, Massachusetts. The court case '' Rogers v. Okin'', which increases patient consent rights, was filed by a class action A class action, also known as a class-a ...
, and assistant clinical professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at
Tufts University School of Medicine The Tufts University School of Medicine is the medical school of Tufts University, a Private university, private research university in Massachusetts. It was established in 1893 and is located on the university's health sciences campus in downto ...
. Sharaf was a student, patient, and colleague of
Wilhelm Reich Wilhelm Reich ( , ; 24 March 1897 – 3 November 1957) was an Austrian Doctor of Medicine, doctor of medicine and a psychoanalysis, psychoanalyst, along with being a member of the second generation of analysts after Sigmund Freud. The author ...
's from 1948 to 1954, and the author of what is widely regarded as the definitive biography of Reich, ''Fury On Earth'' (1983). He died of a heart attack in Berlin in 1997, after addressing a conference in Vienna marking Reich's centennial.Saxon, Wolfgang
"Myron Sharaf, student, biographer and interpreter of Wilhelm Reich, at 70"
''New York Times'', May 24, 1997. *For details of the Ph.D., see Sharaf, Myron. ''Fury on Earth: A Biography of Wilhelm Reich''. Da Capo Press, 1994, p. 30 (first published 1983). Sharaf 1994, p. 30.


Early life and education

Sharaf was born in Miami, but grew up in
Brookline, Massachusetts Brookline is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, in the United States, and part of the Greater Boston, Boston metropolitan area. Brookline borders six of Boston's neighborhoods: Brighton, Boston, Brighton, A ...
, the son of Nathan Sharaf and Anne Russcol Sharaf. His father founded the Steaming Kettle Coffee Shop chain. His paternal great-grandparents, originally named Sharafsky, were Jewish emigrants from the Russian Empire. He obtained his first degree in psychology from
Harvard College Harvard College is the undergraduate college of Harvard University, an Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636, Harvard College is the original school of Harvard University, the oldest institution of higher lea ...
in 1949, an M.Ed. from
Tufts University Tufts University is a private research university on the border of Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1852 as Tufts College by Christian universalists who sought to provide a nonsectarian institution of higher learning. ...
in 1953, and a Ph.D. in psychology and education from
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in 1960.


''Fury on Earth''

A ''New York Times'' review of ''Fury on Earth: A Biography of Wilhelm Reich'' describes Sharaf as "intimate for more than 10 years as student, disciple, patient and colleague" of Reich. Paul Roazen wrote in ''The Psychoanalytic Review'', "Myron Sharaf's ''Fury on Earth'' is far and away the finest book both on Reich's work and his life. It is a work of scholarship that may well, until the Reich Archives are finally opened, remain definitive on the subject."Roazen, P. (1985)
"Fury on Earth: A Biography of Wilhelm Reich"
''Psychoanal. Rev''., 72:668-671.


Bibliography

* *with Milton Greenblatt. *with Milton Greenblatt and Evelyn M. Stone. *


See also

* ''
Life Against Death ''Life Against Death: The Psychoanalytical Meaning of History'' (1959; second edition 1985) is a book by the American classicist Norman O. Brown, in which the author offers a radical analysis and critique of the work of Sigmund Freud, tries to pro ...
''


Notes


Further reading

*Reich, Robbie
"Ode to a Therapist"
extract from ''Breathe''; also published in the ''Journal of Family Life'', Volume 3/4, 1997. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sharaf, Myron 1926 births 1997 deaths American non-fiction writers Harvard College alumni American psychotherapists Body psychotherapy Boston State Hospital physicians Orgonomy Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences alumni American medical researchers 20th-century American writers People from Newton, Massachusetts 20th-century American Jews American people of Russian-Jewish descent 20th-century American non-fiction writers