Marcel Czermak

Biography

For many years, Czermak was director of the Centre psychiatrique d’orientation et d’accueil at the Sainte-Anne Hospital Center. He often participated in the presentations of Jacques Lacan. He was a founding member of the Association freudienne, which became the Association lacanienne internationale. He was also the founder of the École psychanalytique de Sainte-Anne and wrote numerous books and studies. He served as co-editor-in-chief of the Journal français de psychiatrie. In 1987, he published an article in Le Monde diplomatique contesting "the general reference to science whose 'discourse' seems to be authoritative for all", particularly for politicians.

Marcel Czermak died on 3 June 2021 at the age of 79.