Magda Denes

Magda Denes was born in Budapest, Hungary and fled with her family in 1946. At the time of her death in December, 1996, she was a post-graduate professor psychoanalysis and psychotherapy at Adelphi University and New York University and a Supervisor in the Department of Psychiatry at The Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She was also a psychoanalyst in private practice in New York. KEY QUOTES- 'A superb book.' Rabbi Julia Neuberger 'A triumph...a vivid chronicle of a terrible time, and a gripping...See more

Magda Denes was born in Budapest, Hungary and fled with her family in 1946. At the time of her death in December, 1996, she was a post-graduate professor psychoanalysis and psychotherapy at Adelphi University and New York University and a Supervisor in the Department of Psychiatry at The Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She was also a psychoanalyst in private practice in New York. KEY QUOTES- 'A superb book.' Rabbi Julia Neuberger 'A triumph...a vivid chronicle of a terrible time, and a gripping adventure story.' New York Times Book Review 'As important as Schindler's List, as emotionally complex as Au Revoir Les Enfants... This is the book that I myself have hungered for.' Louise DeSalvo 'Deeply felt and ferociously funny, it has the power to rivet and amaze us.' Eva Hoffman See less