Myron Sharaf | |
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| Born | July 7, 1926[1] |
| Died | May 13, 1997 (aged 70) Berlin, Germany |
| Education | B.A. psychology (1949) Harvard College M.Ed. (1953) Tufts University Ph.D. (1960) Harvard University |
| Occupation(s) | Psychotherapist, lecturer |
| Employers | |
| Notable work | Fury on Earth: A Biography of Wilhelm Reich (1983) |
Myron Russcol Sharaf (July 7, 1926 – May 13, 1997) was an American writer and psychotherapist. He was a lecturer in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, the director of the Center for Sociopsychological Research and Education at Boston State Hospital, and assistant clinical professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine.[2]
Sharaf was a student, patient, and colleague of Wilhelm Reich's from 1948 to 1954, and the author of what is widely regarded as the definitive biography of Reich, Fury On Earth (1983).[3] He died of a heart attack in Berlin in 1997, after addressing a conference in Vienna marking Reich's centennial.[4]
- ^ Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014. Social Security Administration.
- ^ Kotin, Joel & Sharaf, Myron R. "Management succession an administrative style", Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, Volume 2, Number 1, June 1974.
- ^ "Myron Sharaf" Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, Da Capo Press.
- ^ 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).
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