Myron Sharaf | |
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Born | July 7, 1926[1] |
Died | May 13, 1997 Berlin, Germany | (aged 70)
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]