Fanny von Hann-Kende (April 17, 1891 — April 14, 1952) was a Hungarian-born American psychoanalyst, on the faculty at Columbia University.
Fanny von Hann-Kende | |
|---|---|
| Born | Fanni Kende April 17, 1891 |
| Died | April 14, 1952 |
| Occupation(s) | Psychoanalyst, physician, pathologist |
Early life and education
editFanny von Hann was born in Budapest, the daughter of Arnold Hann and Lujza Gold. Her father was a financial officer.[1] She attended the Royal Hungarian University, and earned her medical license in 1914. Later, in the 1920s, she trained as a psychoanalyst in Vienna;[2] she was analysed by Margaret Mahler.[3]
Career
editFrom 1914 to 1920, von Hann was a professor of pathology at the Royal Hungarian University.[1] From 1932 to 1938 she was on the faculty at the Budapest School of Psychoanalysis, where she worked with Sándor Ferenczi and developed an abbreviated psychoanalytic therapy. She wrote about psychosexual development, complicating the Freudian understanding of the clitoris and of penis envy.[4]
She moved to the United States in 1938,[5] and worked at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute, part of Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center.[2][6] She was a member of the American Medical Association and other professional organizations.[5]
Personal life
editFanny von Hann married a fellow physician, Béla Kende, in Budapest in 1920. They had a daughter, Mária Lujza Kende.[1] Fanny von Hann-Kende became a United States citizen in 1944,[7] and died in New York City in 1952, from colon cancer,[3] shortly before her 61st birthday.[2][8]
References
edit- ^ a b c Fanny Hann-Kende, at Psychoanalytikerinnen; Biografisches Lexikon.
- ^ a b c "F. Von Hann-Kende, Psychoanalyst, 60" New York Times (April 15, 1952): 27.
- ^ a b Mary Kay O'Neil, The Unsung Psychoanalyst: The Quiet Influence of Ruth Easser (University of Toronto Press 2004): 57-59. ISBN 9780802089786
- ^ Brierley, M. (1934). "Sexuality: Fanny Hann-Kende. 'Uber Klitorisonanie und Penisneid.' Internationale Zeitschrift fur Psychoanalyse, 1933, Bd. XIX, pp. 416-427". International Journal of Psycho-Analysis. 15: 318–319.
- ^ a b "Fanny Von Hann-Kende". Archives and Special Collections, Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library, Columbia University. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
- ^ Columbia University Bulletin of Information (January 10, 1948).
- ^ "Dr. Fanny von Hann-Kende". Daily News. 1952-04-15. p. 474. Retrieved 2021-04-27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Prominent Columbia Psychoanalyst Dies After Long Illness" Columbia Daily Spectator (April 17, 1952): 1.