Susanna Kaysen

Susanna Kaysen was born and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Kaysen attended high school at the Commonwealth School in Boston and the Cambridge School before being sent to McLean Hospital in 1967 to undergo psychiatric treatment for depression. It was there she was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. She was released after eighteen months. She later drew on this experience for her 1993 memoir Girl, Interrupted, which was made into a film in 1999.

Born 1948-11-11

Identifiers

VIAF88222694
WikidataQ257723
ISNI0000000081623429
Open LibraryOL721824A

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Women (2)
Psychiatric hospital patients -- Massachusetts -- Biography (1)
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Books by Susanna Kaysen

Total count: 10

Asa, as I knew him1st ed.

Vintage Books1987-01-01
Far afield1st ed.

Vintage Books1990-01-01
Girl, interrupted1st ed.

Turtle Bay Books1993-01-01
Seelensprung. Ein Leben in zwei Welten.

Btb Bei Goldmann1996-05-01
DurchgeknalltBericht aus einer parallelen WeltGenehmigte Lizenzausg. für Weltbild-Verl., Augsburg

Bechtermünz2000-01-01
Une vie volée

J'ai lu2000-03-16
Durchgeknallt, Seelensprung. Ein Leben in zwei Welten.

btb2000-06-01
The Camera My Mother Gave MeUnabridged edition

New Millennium Audio2001-10-01
ha-Matslemah she-ima natnah li

Keter2003-01-01
CambridgeFirst edition.

Vintage2014-01-01