About Louise Kaplan
Lived 1929 – 2012 (aged 82). Louise Kaplan was an American writer and psychologist.
Louise Janet Kaplan, o.s. Miller, (18 November 1929, New York City – 9 January 2012, New York) was an American psychologist and psychoanalyst best known for her research into childhood development. Kaplan authored seven books including the 1991 book, Female Perversions: The Temptations of Emma Bovary which was made into the 1996 film Female Perversions starring Tilda Swinton.
Publications Oneness and Separateness: From Infant to Individual, 1978 Adolescence: The Farewell to Childhood, 1984 The Family Romance of the Impostor-Poet Thomas Chatterton, 1987 Female Perversions: The Temptations of Emma Bovary, 1991 No Voice Is Ever Wholly Lost, 1995
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Louise Kaplan was born on 18 November 1929 in New York City.
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Louise Kaplan died on 9 January 2012 in New York City.
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Louise Kaplan was a writer and psychologist.
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