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Laura Marling on Lou Andreas-Salome

Folk singer-songwriter Laura Marling chooses the first female psychoanalyst, Lou Andreas-Salom茅. With Matthew Parris. From 2019.

Laura Marling nominates the first female psychoanalyst, Lou Andreas-Salom茅.

Folk singer-songwriter, Laura has been unravelling the mysteries of Russian-born Lou Andreas-Salom茅 ever since she came across her name in the biography of the poet, Rainer Maria Rilke. She'd never heard of Salom茅's name but discovered she was Rilke's literary mentor for years.

As well as this, she was the only woman allowed in Sigmund Freud's Inner Psychoanalytic Circle, and was proposed to by Friedrich Nietzsche, who called her 鈥渢he cleverest person I ever knew...鈥 Yet today, she's been largely forgotten.

Laura makes the case for remembering this enigmatic woman who inspired some of the greatest minds of our time.

Laura Marling has been nominated for the Grammy Awards, the Mercury Prize and has won a Brit award for best British Female Solo Artist.

Presented by Matthew Parris

Producer: Eliza Lomas in Bristol

First broadcast on 成人快手 Radio 4 in August 2019.

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28 minutes

Last on

Sun 16 Oct 2022 05:30

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  • Tue 13 Aug 2019 16:30
  • Fri 16 Aug 2019 23:00
  • Thu 13 Oct 2022 18:30
  • Fri 14 Oct 2022 00:30
  • Sat 15 Oct 2022 07:30
  • Sat 15 Oct 2022 17:30
  • Sun 16 Oct 2022 05:30

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