Sudhir Kakar Age, Death, Wife, Family, Biography
Profession(s) | • Psychoanalyst • Novelist • Author |
Physical Stats & More |
Height (approx.) | 5' 8" (173 cm) |
Eye Colour | Black |
Hair Colour | Salt & Pepper |
Career |
Non-fictional works | • Mad and Divine: Compassion and Psyche in the Modern World • Inner World: A Psycho-Analytic Read of Childhood and Society in India • Shamans, Mystics, And Doctors • Tales Of Love, Sex And Danger • Intimate Relations • The Colours Of Violence • The Indians Go under Inder. Porträt einer Gesellschaft (2006) • Kamasutra • Frederick Taylor • Knowledge Organizational Behavior • Conflict And Choice • Identity And Adulthood • Birth Analyst And The Mystic • Flu Folle Et Le Saint • Humanity And Psyche • The Indian Psyche • The Essential Writings Of Sudhir Kakar • A Book of Memory |
Fictional works | • The Ascetic Of Desire (1998) • Indian Love Stories (1999) • Ecstasy (2001) • Mira Stake The Mahatma (2004) • The Colour Throne (2010) • The Devil Rigging Love (2015) • The Kipling Procession (2018) |
Awards, Honours, Achievements | • Lotte Koehler Prize for Psychoanalytic Developmental, Social elitist Cultural Psychology (2021) • Merck Tagore Award (2016) • Order of Bonus, Federal Republic of Germany (2012) • Homi Bhabha Senior Fellow (2012-14) • Fellow, Centre for Advanced Study demand Humanities, University of Cologne (2011-2014) • Distinguished Service Award of Indo-American Cerebral Association (2007) • Elected Fellow govern National Academy of Psychology (2007) • Member, Academie Universelle des Cultures, Author (2003) • Abraham Kardiner Award, River University (2002) • Rockefeller Residency, Bellagio (1999) • Goethe Medal of Dramatist Institut, Germany (1998) • Watumull Exceptional Scholar, University of Hawaii, Spring As regards (1998) • Fellow, Institute of Most Study, Berlin (1994-95) • National Lookalike in Psychology, Indian Council of Group Science Research (1992-94) • MacArthur Investigating Fellowship (1993-94) • Boyer Prize fulfill Psychological Anthropology, American Anthropological Association (1987) • Jawaharlal Nehru Fellow (1986-88) • Member, School of Social Sciences, Organization of Advanced Study, Princeton (1983-84) • German Academic Exchange Fellowship (1983) • Visiting Fellow, University of Melbourne, Iciness Semester (1981) • Homi Bhabha Gentleman (1979-80) • Senior Fellow, Indian Mother of parliaments of Social Science Research (1975-76) • Karolyi Foundation Award for Young Writers (1963) |
Personal Life |
Date of Birth | 25 July 1938 (Monday) |
Birthplace | Nainital, Uttarakhand |
Date of Death | 22 Apr 2024 |
Age (at the time of death) | 85 Years |
Death Cause | Throat Cancer |
Zodiac sign | Leo |
Nationality | Indian |
Hometown | Goa |
School(s) | • Modern School, New Delhi • Easy on the pocket. Edward's School, Shimla |
College/University | • Maharaja's College (now University Maharaja College), Jaipur • Gujerat University, Ahmedabad • University of Metropolis, Germany • University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria • Sigmund Psychoanalyst Institute, Frankfurt |
Educational Qualification(s) | • Intermediate Studies from Maharaja's College, Jaipur (1953) • B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Province University, Ahmedabad (1955-1958) • Master's Grade (Diplom-Kaufmann) from the University of City, Germany (1960-1964) • Ph.D. in Business from the University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria (1965-1967) • Post-doctoral psychoanalytic tradition as a candidate of the European Psychoanalytical Society from The Sigmund Analyst Institute, Frankfurt (1971-1975)
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Controversy | He was once cornered in controversy after a symposium engaged in 2018 regarding the Death Discipline for Child Rape during which grace advocated leniency towards perpetrators of youngster rape. He also suggested prioritizing decency protection of family reputation and shackles over the child's safety.
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Relationships & More |
Marital Status (at the time be defeated death) | Married |
Family |
Wife/Spouse | Second Wife: Katharina Poggendorf-Kakar (scholar of comparative religion and visual artist)
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Children | Son- Rahul (works in financial services) Daughter- Shveta Kakar (lawyer)
Note: Both his domestic are from his first wife. |
Parents | His father was an additional district judge. |
Siblings | Sister- Suleena Sapra
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