Flora Rheta Schreiber
Flora Rheta Schreiber (born April 24, 1918 in New York City , † November 3, 1988 there ) was an American journalist .
She also became known in Europe with her bestseller Sybil , the report about a woman suffering from dissociative identity disorder (former name: hysterical neurosis of the dissociative type). The real name of this patient was later announced; her story was filmed twice for television in the USA (1976 and 2007). Her second book, translated into German, was about the American serial killer Joseph Kallinger .
Works
- William Schuman (with Vincent Persichetti ). Schirmer, New York 1954
- Your Child's Speech. A Practical Guide for Parents for the First Five Years . Putnam's Sons, New York 1956
- A Job With a Future in Law Enforcement and Related Fields . Grosset & Dunlap, New York 1970
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Sybil. The True Story Of A Woman Possessed By 16 Separate Personalities . Regnery, Chicago 1973
- in German: Sybil. A woman with many faces . Scherz, Bern / Munich 1974
- Paperback as: Sybil. Split personality in a woman . Kindler (Geist and Psyche 2178), Munich 1977
- in German: Sybil. A woman with many faces . Scherz, Bern / Munich 1974
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The Shoemaker. The Anatomy Of A Psychotic . Simon and Schuster, New York 1983
- in German: The murderer. From the martyrdom of a child to the life tragedy of a damned man . Swiss publishing house, Zurich 1985; Goldmann, Munich 1987
Web links
- Flora Rheta Schreiber in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Flora Rheta Schreiber in the database of Find a Grave (English)
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SURNAME | Clerk, Flora Rheta |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American journalist |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1918 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
DATE OF DEATH | 3rd November 1988 |
Place of death | New York City |