Myron Sharaf

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.

Myron Sharaf
BornJuly 7, 1926
DiedMay 13, 1997(1997-05-13) (aged 70)
Berlin, Germany
EducationB.A. psychology (1949)
Harvard College
M.Ed. (1953)
Tufts University
Ph.D. (1960)
Harvard University
Occupation(s)Psychotherapist, lecturer
Employers
Notable workFury on Earth: A Biography of Wilhelm Reich (1983)

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). He died of a heart attack in Berlin in 1997, after addressing a conference in Vienna marking Reich's centennial.

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