ABSTRACT
Every interview I conducted with any of the early psychoanalysts always succeeded in teaching me something special. While many of those I saw, during my most intense field work in the mid-1960s, were either relatively obscure then or have been generally forgotten (such as Philipp Sarasin), Donald W. Winnicott is an outstanding exception to any such generalization. For, rather to my amazement, his stature has continued to grow, so that by now his writings have been widely translated into French, Spanish, and doubtless other languages as well. With the passage of time his reputation has eclipsed many of those who were once considered leading representatives of the profession.
