THE HEINZ HARTMANN AWARD was presented to Erna Furman for her book, A Child's Parent Dies, at the meeting of The New York Psychoanalytic Society, January 30, 1979. The Award gives recognition, on the one hand, to seasoned analysts whose distinguished work already exemplifies the qualities inherent in Hartmann's own work—creativity, challenge to old ideas, and emphasis on what is original, innovative, and useful in clinical or theoretical areas—and on the other, to younger colleagues whose contributions show similar promise. Past recipients have included Anna Freud, René Spitz, Charles Fisher, Robert S. Wallerstein, Max Schur, Marjorie McDonald, Otto F. Kernberg, Heinz Kohut, Ruth S. Eissler, Marshall Edelson, Margaret Mahler, and Edith Jacobson.