1. Aron Starobinski chose to study humanities as well as medicine, and his son Jean, who received his Swiss citizenship only in 1948, would follow his example, eventually becoming a practicing psychiatrist.
10 Facts About Jean Starobinski
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In November 1932, when Jean Starobinski was 11 years old, in his family's Geneva neighborhood of Plainpalais, murderous violence broke out against the Swiss Jewish socialist Jacques Dicker, who was leading an anti-fascist demonstration.
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Jean Starobinski studied classical literature, and then medicine at the University of Geneva, and graduated from that school with a doctorate in letters and in medicine.
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Jean Starobinski taught French literature at the Johns Hopkins University, the University of Basel and at the University of Geneva, where he taught courses in the history of ideas and the history of medicine.
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Jean Starobinski wrote on contemporary poetry, art, and the problems of interpretation.
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Jean Starobinski's books have been translated into dozens of languages.
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Jean Starobinski was the first scholar to publish work on Ferdinand de Saussure's study of anagrams.
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Jean Starobinski was a member of the Academie des Sciences Morales et Politiques and other French, European and American learned academies.
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Jean Starobinski held honorary degrees from numerous universities in Europe and America.
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Jean Starobinski died on 4 March 2019 in Morges, Switzerland, aged 98.