Mimí Langer

Marie "Mimí" Langer

Marie "Mimí" Lisbeth Langer (née, Glas; 31 August 1910 - 22 December 1987) was an Austrian-born Latin American psychoanalyst and human rights activist. She was a cofounder of the Argentine Psychoanalytic Association.

Early years

The daughter of Rudolf Glas and Margarethe Glas, Langer was born in Vienna in 1910. She had a sister, Gusti Eva Glas. Langer attended a private girls' school.[1] After finishing medical school (mid-1930s), she attended Freud's Psychoanalytic Institute.[2]

Career

Langer went to work for the International Medical Brigade in Spain during its Civil War. She then emigrated to Buenos Aires and, in 1942, co-founded the Argentine Psychoanalytic Association. Forced into exile in 1974, she moved to Mexico City and was again involved in a private practice while maintaining the responsibilities of professor in clinical psychology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.[2] She served as co-coordinator of the Internationalist Team of Mental Health Workers, Mexico-Nicaragua,[3] and was also a co-founder of the Organization of Mental Health Workers.[4] She died of cancer in Buenos Aires in 1987.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Hollander 2014, p. xx.
  2. 1 2 Hollander 2014, p. 161.
  3. ↑ Hollander 2014, p. 35.
  4. ↑ Hollander 2014, p. 149.
  5. ↑ Hollander 2014, p. 186.

Bibliography

  • Hollander, Nancy Caro (8 April 2014). Uprooted Minds: Surviving the Politics of Terror in the Americas. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-46874-3.
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