Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
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Edition 10 (1970) Winner
Erik Homburger Erikson
エリク・ホンブルガー・エリクソン
Eriku Honburugā Erikuson
Aliases:
Erik Salomonsen / Erik Homburger
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1902-06-15 （Frankfurt）
- Died
- 1994-05-12 （Harwich, Massachusetts） age 91
- Nationality
- German, American
- Languages
- German, English
- Religion
- Christianity
- Residence History
- Frankfurt, Germany → Karlsruhe, Germany → Munich, Germany → Vienna, Austria → Boston, USA → New Haven, Connecticut → Berkeley, California → Cambridge, Massachusetts → Harwich, Massachusetts
Career
- Occupations
- psychoanalyst, psychologist, professor, visual artist
- Active Years
- 1933-1994
- Affiliations
- Yale University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Pittsburgh, Harvard University, Austen Riggs Center
- Influenced By
- Ruth Benedict, Anna Freud, Sigmund Freud, Margaret Mead
- Influenced
- Eric Berne, Robert Coles, James W. Fowler, Howard Gardner, James Marcia
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Das Humanistische Gymnasium | — | General Studies | — | 1910s | Germany |
| Art School in Munich | — | Art | — | 1920s | Germany |
| Vienna Psychoanalytic Institute | — | Child Analysis | 精神分析ディプロマ | 1920s-1933 | Austria |
Das Humanistische Gymnasium
General Studies
Period:
1910s
Year of Graduation:
1920
Country:
Germany
Graduated without academic distinction
Art School in Munich
Art
Period:
1920s
Country:
Germany
Dropped out
Vienna Psychoanalytic Institute
Child Analysis
Degree:
精神分析ディプロマ
Period:
1920s-1933
Year of Graduation:
1933
Country:
Austria
Training analysis with Anna Freud
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Pulitzer Prize | Gandhi's Truth | 一般ノンフィクション | Columbia University | 受賞 |
| 1970 | National Book Award | Gandhi's Truth | 哲学・宗教 | National Book Foundation | 受賞 |
Pulitzer Prize
1970
Work:
Gandhi's Truth
Category:
一般ノンフィクション
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
受賞
National Book Award
1970
Work:
Gandhi's Truth
Category:
哲学・宗教
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Childhood and Society
1950 Psychology 445 pagesIntroduced the theory of psychosocial development stages.
IdentityPsychosocial Development
Young Man Luther
1958 Biography-Psychology 288 pagesPsychoanalytic study of Martin Luther.
Psychology of ReligionIdentity Crisis
Gandhi's Truth
1969 Biography-Psychology 466 pagesPsychobiography of Mahatma Gandhi. Pulitzer Prize winner.
NonviolenceLife Cycle
The Life Cycle Completed
1987 Psychology 144 pagesCulmination of developmental stage theory.
Old AgeIntegrity
Bibliography
- Childhood and Society
- Young Man Luther
- Insight and Responsibility
- Identity: Youth and Crisis
- Gandhi's Truth
- The Life Cycle Completed
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Clear and analyticalPsychoanalytic approach
- Recurring Motifs
- Identity crisisPsychosocial stagesLife cycle
Legacy
Developed the eight stages of psychosocial development theory, profoundly influencing 20th-century psychology. Served as professor at top universities without a degree. Ranked 12th most eminent psychologist of the 20th century in 2002.
In Popular Culture
- Theory widely used in education and counseling
Trivia
- Served as professor at Harvard and others without a university degree
- Born Erik Salomonsen, renamed Homburger then Erikson
- Blond, blue-eyed boy raised Jewish, bullied by both Jewish and gentile peers
- Collaborated with wife Joan on theories