Irene claremont de castillejo biography

Irene Claremont de Castillejo (born in London, – died in London ) was a writer and Jungian analyst.

Irene claremont de castillejo biography

She is remembered especially for her posthumously published classic text, Knowing Woman: A Feminine Psychology, ().

Biography

Irene Claremont de Castillejo was a graduate of Cambridge University in History and Economics.

In she married the jurist and professor of education, José Castillejo&#;[es]. They went to live in Spain in her husband's home in Madrid, 'Olivar de Castillejo', at Chamartín, presently known as the 'Olivar de Castillejo Foundation'.

They had four children, Jacinta, Leonardo, David and Sorrel.^[1]

In with the out-break of the Spanish Civil War the family moved to England, followed by a stay in Switzerland, and again back to England in on account of the German invasion of Europe.

Following the death of her husband in London in , Irene began her studies in Jungian psychology in Zurich working with Carl Gustav