Klein, Melanie#
Klein, Melanie, b. Vienna, March 30, 1882, d. London (United Kingdom), Sept. 22, 1960, psychoanalyst. Came from a liberal Jewish family, studied art and history in Vienna, read S. Freud and underwent an analysis with S. Ferenczi. In 1917 started working with children, practised in 1921 in Berlin (under K. Abraham) and went to England after successful lectures for the British Psychoanalytical Society. Influenced European and South American psychoanalysis.
Work: Die Psychoanalyse des Kindes, 1934. - Editions: The Writings of
M. K., 4 vols., 1975; Fruehstadien des Oedipus-Komplexes. Fruehe
Schriften 1928-45, 1985; Gesammelte Schriften, 3 vols.,
1995-2000.
Literature#
R. D. Hinshelwood, Die Praxis der kleinianischen Psychoanalyse, 1997.