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Jacob L. Moreno

1889 - 1974

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Jacob Levy Moreno (born Iacob Levy; May 18, 1889 – May 14, 1974) was a Romanian-American psychiatrist, psychosociologist, and educator, the founder of psychodrama, and the foremost pioneer of group psychotherapy. During his lifetime, he was recognized as one of the leading social scientists. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacob L. Moreno is the 653rd most popular writer (down from 534th in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Romania (down from 33rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Romanian Writer.

Jacob L. Moreno is most famous for inventing psychodrama, a form of psychotherapy in which the patient acts out their problems with the help of a therapist.

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Among writers, Jacob L. Moreno ranks 653 out of 7,302. Before him are Nestor the Chronicler, Klaus Mann, Eugenio Montale, Jon Fosse, Alexander Pope, and Irène Némirovsky. After him are Vicente Aleixandre, Bruno Schulz, Karl Kraus, Émile Verhaeren, Giacomo Leopardi, and Harriet Beecher Stowe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Jacob L. Moreno ranks 29. Before him are Gabriel Marcel, Han van Meegeren, Louise Mountbatten, Otto Frank, Risto Ryti, and Carl Theodor Dreyer. After him are Victor Fleming, Vasily Blyukher, Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, Zalman Shazar, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, and Pitirim Sorokin. Among people deceased in 1974, Jacob L. Moreno ranks 26. Before him are Erich Kästner, Rudolf Dassler, Imre Lakatos, Miguel Ángel Asturias, Darius Milhaud, and Duke Ellington. After him are Peng Dehuai, Otto Strasser, Satyendra Nath Bose, Lewis Strauss, Zalman Shazar, and Louis Kahn.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Jacob L. Moreno ranks 42 out of 844. Before him are Dimitrie Cantemir (1673), Sergiu Celibidache (1912), George Enescu (1881), Gheorghe Hagi (1965), Iannis Xenakis (1922), and Basarab I of Wallachia (1275). After him are Ilie Năstase (1946), Traian Băsescu (1951), Mihai Eminescu (1850), John Cassian (360), Milan I of Serbia (1854), and Alexandru Ioan Cuza (1820).

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Among WRITERS In Romania

Among writers born in Romania, Jacob L. Moreno ranks 7. Before him are Eugène Ionesco (1909), Tristan Tzara (1896), Herta Müller (1953), Paul Celan (1920), Elie Wiesel (1928), and Dimitrie Cantemir (1673). After him are Mihai Eminescu (1850), Panait Istrati (1884), Dositej Obradović (1742), Károly Kerényi (1897), Ion Luca Caragiale (1852), and Lajos Zilahy (1891).

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