Melanie Klein, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Melanie Klein

British Austrian born psychoanalyst

Date of Birth: 30-Mar-1882

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Date of Death: 22-Sep-1960

Profession: psychoanalyst

Nationality: Austria, United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Melanie Klein née Reizes (30 March 1882 – 22 September 1960) was an Austrian-British author and psychoanalyst who is known for her work in child analysis.
She was the primary figure in the development of object relations theory.
Klein suggested that pre-verbal existential anxiety in infancy catalyzed the formation of the unconscious, resulting in the unconscious splitting of the world into good and bad idealizations.
In her theory, how the child resolves that splitting depends on the constitution of the child and the character of nurturing the child experiences; the quality of resolution can inform the presence, absence, and/or type of distresses a person experiences later in life.