Jean-Michel Quinodoz, MD, 2010 (1934-2025)
/Jean-Michel Quinodoz’s multifaceted work was recognized for his significant contributions to expanding access to and understanding of psychoanalysis on an international scale. In the decade leading up to this honor, Dr. Quinodoz published numerous influential papers and three pivotal books that greatly shaped psychoanalytic thought and education: Dreams that Turn Over a Page, Listening to Hanna Segal: Her Contribution to Psychoanalysis, and Reading Freud: A Chronological Exploration of Freud’s Writings. He also served as the European Editor of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis and Editor-in-Chief for the Annuals of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis, where his efforts were instrumental in shaping discourse and fostering the translation of psychoanalytic work.
A private practice psychoanalyst in Geneva, Switzerland for more than 50 years, Dr. Quinodoz was a Training Analyst of the Swiss Psychoanalytical Society and Distinguished Fellow of the British Psychoanalytical Society. Dr. Quinodoz articles and books were translated into many languages (frequently by him). From 2014 until his death, he was a member of the editorial board of The International Psychoanalytic Year. Various international committees of the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA) and the European Psychoanalytical Federation (EPF) benefitted from his effort and helped shape their scientific development.
In his own words:
Since I discovered the value of psychoanalysis during my own personal analysis, I never stopped thinking about how to transmit my experience. I started sharing my discoveries with my analysands and later on in my supervising and teaching activities, especially during my seminars for future psychoanalysts on reading Freud. All these experiences resulted in my writing “Reading Freud: a Chronological Exploration of Freud’s Writings”, now translated into twelve languages. Speaking various languages, I progressively extended my relationships with colleagues of different psychoanalytic cultures and geographical regions. My past and present activities as Editor are another way of transmitting psychoanalysis. – Jean-Michel Quinodoz.