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Karen Horney (1885-1952) Psychoanalyst, author. Karen Horney was born in Blankenese, Germany, and died in Hartsdale, New York. Ms. Horney was dean of the American Institute for Psychoanalysis and honorary president of the Karen Horney Foundation of New York.

Full Name

Karen (Danielsen) Horney

Locations

KingsNew YorkWestchester

Author's Timeline


1885

Birth

Karen Horney was born Karen Danielsen in Blankenese, Germany, on September 16, 1885.

1909

Other Life Event

Ms. Horney met Oscar Horney and married him in 1909.

1930s

Other Life Event

New York County
Ms. Horney taught at The New School for Social Research in Manhattan, New York.

1932

Other Life Event

Kings County
In about 1932 Ms. Horney and her daughters moved to the United States and settled in Brooklyn, New York.

1940s-1952

Other Life Event

Westchester County
Ms. Horney taught at the New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York, until her death in 1952.

1937

Literary Work

The Neurotic Personality of Our Time
W. W. Norton & Company
0-393-01012-0
Nonfiction.

1937

Literary Work

The Collected Works of Karen Horney (2 vols.)
W. W. Norton & Company
1199366358 / 978-1199366351
Collected writings.

1939

Literary Work

New Ways In Psychoanalysis
W. W. Norton & Company
0-393-00132-6
Nonfiction.

1942

Literary Work

Self Analysis
Routledge & Kegan Paul PLC
0710015569 / 978-0710015563
Nonfiction.

1945

Literary Work

Our Inner Conflicts
W. W. Norton & Company
0-393-00133-4
Nonfiction.

1946

Literary Work

Are You Considering Psychoanalysis
Norton
0-393-00131-8
Nonfiction.

1950

Literary Work

Neurosis And Human Growth
New York, New York: Norton
0-393-00135-0
Nonfiction.

1952

Residence

New York County
Ms. Horney lived at 240 Central Park South in Manhattan, New York.

1952

Death

New York County
Karen Horney died at Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia - Presbyterian Medical Center in Manhattan, New York, on December 4, 1952.

1952

Interment

Westchester County
Karen Horney was interred at Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum in Hartsdale, New York.

1967

Literary Work

Feminine Psychology (reprint of papers written between 1922 and 1937)
W. W. Norton & Company
0393010457 / 978-0393010459
Collection of essays.

1991

Literary Work

Final Lectures
W. W. Norton & Company
0393307557 / 978-0393307559
Collection of lectures edited by Douglas H. Ingram.

2000

Literary Work

The Unknown Karen Horney: Essays on Gender, Culture, and Psychoanalysis
Yale University Press, New Haven
0300080425
Collection of essays edited by Bernard J. Paris.

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