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On August 7, 1981, Silvano Arieti, founding editor of The Journal of The American Academy of Psychoanalysis, succumbed to cancer at the age of 67. Silvano was among the most distinguished psychiatrists of our time and his works influenced and enlightened every aspect of psychiatry, psychology, and social thought. His passing is a great loss not only to the members of The Academy but to the community of scholars throughout the world.
Silvano was born in Pisa, Italy on June 28, 1914, the very day that Francis Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, was assassinated in Sarajevo, heralding the beginning of the first World War. This early coincidence with international turmoil would prove to be prophetic, for global politics were to affect Silvano's later destiny. He was the son and grandson of physicians, although in his early years he was drawn more to the humanities than to the sciences. His early love of literature remained with him throughout his career and is exemplified in the numerous references to and examples from novels,