Evelyne Kestemberg

Evelyne Kestemberg-Hassin (French: [kɛstɛmɡɛʁg]; 28 May 1918 – 17 April 1989) was a French psychoanalyst. She was born in Constantinople to a Turkish father and a Russian-Jewish mother, and died in Paris.[1] She was a former president and full member of the Paris Psychoanalytical Society, known by its French acronym SPP.[2]

Biography

Kestemberg moved to Paris with her family shortly after birth. She left occupied France in 1942 to move to Casablanca, where she met and later married Jean Kestemberg, before they left together for Mexico.

She was a trained philosopher as well as a psychoanalyst. She was first analysed by Marc Schlumberger and decided to dedicate her life to psychoanalysis. She was tutored by Sacha Nacht, who was against her admission to the SPP given she was not a trained physician. She became the first woman who was not a medical doctor to be admitted in 1963.[3]

References
  1. "Evelyne et Jean Kestemberg – Fondation Evelyne et Jean Kestemberg" (in French). Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  2. Reading French psychoanalysis. Dana Breen, Sara Flanders, Alain Gibeault. London. 2010. p. 706. ISBN 978-1-317-72331-8. OCLC 868580426.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. Nastasi, Antoine (2018-07-04). "The relevance of Evelyne Kestemberg today". The International Journal of Psychoanalysis. 99 (4): 993–1002. doi:10.1080/00207578.2018.1452150. ISSN 0020-7578. PMID 33951825. S2CID 149602548.

Further reading
  • Abensour, Liliane (1999). Évelyne Kestemberg (in French). Paris: Presses Universitaires de France. ISBN 9782130497905. OCLC 41270933.


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