Boris Cyrulnik
Encyclopedia
Boris Cyrulnik is a French doctor
, ethologist
, neurologist
, and psychiatrist
.
Being of Jewish origin, he was entrusted to protection from a foster family. In 194x he was taken with adults in a nazi-led capture in Bordeaux. He avoided detention by hiding for a while in the restrooms and later being hidden from Nazi searches as a working boy under the false name Jean laborde in a farm until the end of the war. His survival of nazi destruction motivated his career into psychiatry. Both his parents were arrested and murdered during World War II
. He studied medicine at the University of Paris
. He wrote several books of popular science on psychology. He is known in France
for developing and explaining to the public the concept of Psychological resilience
.
He is a professor at the University of the South, Toulon-Var
.
He was awarded the 2008 Prix Renaudot
de l'essai.
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
, ethologist
Ethology
Ethology is the scientific study of animal behavior, and a sub-topic of zoology....
, neurologist
Neurology
Neurology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the nervous system. Specifically, it deals with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of disease involving the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems, including their coverings, blood vessels, and all effector tissue,...
, and psychiatrist
Psychiatry
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study and treatment of mental disorders. These mental disorders include various affective, behavioural, cognitive and perceptual abnormalities...
.
Being of Jewish origin, he was entrusted to protection from a foster family. In 194x he was taken with adults in a nazi-led capture in Bordeaux. He avoided detention by hiding for a while in the restrooms and later being hidden from Nazi searches as a working boy under the false name Jean laborde in a farm until the end of the war. His survival of nazi destruction motivated his career into psychiatry. Both his parents were arrested and murdered during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. He studied medicine at the University of Paris
University of Paris
The University of Paris was a university located in Paris, France and one of the earliest to be established in Europe. It was founded in the mid 12th century, and officially recognized as a university probably between 1160 and 1250...
. He wrote several books of popular science on psychology. He is known in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
for developing and explaining to the public the concept of Psychological resilience
Psychological resilience
Resilience in psychology refers to the idea of an individual's tendency to cope with stress and adversity. This coping may result in the individual “bouncing back” to a previous state of normal functioning, or using the experience of exposure to adversity to produce a “steeling effect” and function...
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He is a professor at the University of the South, Toulon-Var
University of the South, Toulon-Var
The University of the South, Toulon-Var is a French university located in Toulon, France and neighboring areas...
.
He was awarded the 2008 Prix Renaudot
Prix Renaudot
The Prix Théophraste-Renaudot or Prix Renaudot is a French literary award which was created in 1926 by ten art critics awaiting the results of the deliberation of the jury of the Prix Goncourt....
de l'essai.
List of some of his books (in English)
- The Dawn of Meaning (Mcgraw-Hill Horizons of Science Series) (1992)
- Translation of La Naissance du sens Hachette Littérature (1998) isbn : 978-2012788916
- The Whispering of Ghosts: Trauma and Resilience (2005)
- Translation of : Le Murmure des fantômes, éd. Odile Jacob, 2003
- Talking of Love on the Edge of a Precipice (2007)
- Translation of : Parler d'amour au bord du gouffre, éd. Odile Jacob, 2004.
- Resilience: How Your Inner Strength Can Set You Free from the Past Published by Tarcher, 320 pages, ISBN 1585428507 2011