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Bruno Bettelheim

(1903–1990) Writer United States

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Bruno Bettelheim was a writer from the United States, best known for L'amour ne suffit pas: le traitment des troubles affectifs chez l'enfant.

Quick Facts About Bruno Bettelheim

Born
August 28, 1903
Died
March 13, 1990
Nationality
United States
Profession
Writer
Notable works
L'amour ne suffit pas: le traitment des troubles affectifs chez l'enfant
Known for
the empty fortress

About Bruno Bettelheim

Bruno Bettelheim was an Austrian-born American psychologist, scholar, public intellectual and writer who spent most of his academic and clinical career in the United States. An early writer on autism, Bettelheim's work focused on the education of emotionally disturbed children, as well as Freudian psychology more generally. In the U.S., he later gained a position as professor at the University of Chicago and director of the Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School for Disturbed Children, and after 1973 taught at Stanford University.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

National Book Award Goethe Medal Dr. Leopold Lucas Prize Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism

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