About
Marie Bonaparte (1882-1962), great-grandniece of Napoleon I, was a major figure in the introduction of psychoanalysis in France. After a childhood marked by her mother's death, she married Prince George of Greece in 1907. In 1925, she began an analysis with Sigmund Freud, becoming his student and friend. She founded the Paris Psychoanalytic Society in 1926, translated Freud into French, and contributed to work on female sexuality. In 1938, she paid the ransom demanded by the Nazis and organized Freud's exile to London. She was also known for her psychoanalytic study of Edgar Poe and her campaign against the death penalty.
* 1882-07-02 — † 1962-09-21
Major works
- The Life and Works of Edgar Allan Poe: A Psycho-analytic Interpretation (1949)psychoanalytic study
- Cinq cahiers écrits par une petite fille entre sept ans et demi et dix (1939-1951)memoir
- Chronos, Eros, Thanatos (1952)essay
- Female Sexuality (1953)essay
Key milestones
- 1925Began an analysis with Sigmund Freud, becoming his student and friend.
- 1926Founded the Paris Psychoanalytic Society and its journal, the Revue française de psychanalyse.
- 1938Paid the ransom demanded by the Gestapo and organized Freud's exile from Vienna to London.
Themes
PsychoanalysisFemale sexualityDeath and mourningPower and nobilityJustice and death penalty
Sources: bnf.fr · freud.org.uk · larousse.fr