ABSTRACT
Sandor Ferenczi had written numerous works in the field of psychoanalysis. His books and articles were published in Hungarian, German and English. Although he had been seriously ill for some time, Ferenczi's death was nevertheless sudden and took his many friends by surprise. A number of those present at the funeral wrote obituaries or articles of remembrance, for the daily press as well as for the psychoanalytic community. The literary circle, of which Ferenczi was very much a part, included not only Marai and Ignotus, but Dezso Kosztolanyi and Frigyes Karinthy, all of them household names in Hungary at the time. From Ernest Jones, it is but a short step to John Rickman, both having been eminent Presidents of the British Psychoanalytical Society. They had both been in analysis with Ferenczi in Budapest, but, unlike Jones, there has never been a question mark over Rickman's genuine friendship with Ferenczi, or his standing as a supportive colleague and follower.
