Maria Rita Kehl

Maria Rita Kehl, ORB (born December 10, 1951) is a Brazilian psychoanalyst, journalist, poet, essayist, cronista and literary critic.[1] In 2010, she won the Jabuti Award in the Education, Psychology and Psychoanalysis category [2] and the Human Rights Award from the Brazilian government in the Media and Human Rights category.[3]

Maria Rita Kehl
Maria Rita Kehl sitting at a table, in an event, talking ang gesturing with her hands. On the table is a glass of water
Kehl, in 2009, at Café Filosófico CPFL
Born (1951-12-10) December 10, 1951
Campinas, São Paulo Brazil
Alma materUniversity of São Paulo
Occupation(s)psychoanalist, writer, poet, essayist, lierary critic

Life and career

Kehl was born in Campinas, São Paulo.[4] She graduated in psychology from the University of São Paulo, and started writing for Jornal do Bairro while still in college. She worked for the newspaper managed by writer Raduan Nassar for two years. She was editor for the alternative newspaper Movimento, critical of the Brazilian military regime.

Kehl also participated in the foundation of newspaper Em Tempo and wrote as a freelancer for Veja, Isto É, Folha de S. Paulo and O Estado de S. Paulo.[5]

In 1979, Kehl began her master's degree in social psychology and wrote the dissertation "O Papel da Rede Globo e das Novelas da Globo em Domesticar o Brasil Durante a Ditadura Militar". In 1981, Kehl started attending patients. In 1997, she received her doctorate in psychoanalysis at PUC-SP. The research resulted in the book Deslocamentos do Feminino - A Mulher Freudiana na Passagem para a Modernidade in 1998. Kehl has written several books and articles in the areas of literature, culture, and psychoanalysis.[6]

In 2012, she was invited to participate in the National Truth Commission,[7] which was installed on May 16 to investigate human rights violations which had occurred in Brazil between September 18, 1946 and October 5, 1988.

Published works
  • Processos Primários (Editora Estação Liberdade, 1996)
  • A Mínima Diferença (Imago Editora, 1996)
  • Deslocamentos do Feminino - A Mulher Freudiana na Passagem para a Modernidade (Imago Editora, 1998)
  • Função Fraterna (Relume Dumará, 2000)
  • Sobre Ética e Psicanálise (Companhia das Letras, 2000)
  • Ressentimento (Casa do psicólogo, 2004)
  • Videologias, co-written by Eugênio Bucci (Boitempo Editorial, 2004)
  • A Fratria Órfã (Editora Olho d'Água, 2008)
  • O Tempo e o Cão (Boitempo Editorial, 2010), translated in English as Time and the Dog (Verso Books, 2018)[8]
  • 18 crônicas e mais algumas (Boitempo Editorial, 2011)

References
  1. Coelho, Nelly Novaes (2002). Dicionário crítico de escritoras brasileiras: 1711-2001. Escrituras. ISBN 9788575310533.
  2. "Cientistas ganham Jabuti". AGÊNCIA FAPESP (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  3. "Maria Rita Kehl recebe prêmio por trajetória na área de direitos humanos - CNV - Comissão Nacional da Verdade". cnv.memoriasreveladas.gov.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  4. "Café Filosófico fala sobre melancolia em série com curadoria de Maria Rita Kehl". FPA - Assessoria de Imprensa (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  5. "Opinião sobre "Bolsa-Família" leva Estadão a demitir colunista Maria Rita Kehl". Portal IMPRENSA - Notícias, Jornalismo, Comunicação. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  6. Maria Rita Kehl
  7. "Maria Rita Kehl fala sobre criação de Comissão da Verdade indígena". EBC (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  8. "Verso". www.versobooks.com. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
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