Jorge Bucay
Jorge Bucay is an Argentine gestalt psychotherapist, psychodramatist and writer. His books have sold more than 2 million copies around the world, and have been translated into more than seventeen languages.
Biography
He was born in Buenos Aires on October 30, 1949, to a modest family. His four grandparents were Syrians born in Damascus, with three of them being Jewish and one of them a Christian. He started working at the age of thirteen. In the course of his life, he has worked as a traveling salesman selling socks, books and sports clothing, as well as an insurance agent, taxi driver, clown, warehouseman, educator, actor, doctor on duty, host of children's parties, psychiatrist, group coordinator, radio collaborator, and television host.In 1973, he graduated as an MD from the University of Buenos Aires, and specialized in mental illnesses at the Buenos Aires Pirovano Hospital and at the Santa Mónica clinic.
He currently defines his job as professional helper. He divides his attention between attending therapeutic teaching conferences, which have taken him around the world, and the writing of his books, which he considers therapeutic tools.
Works
His published works include:- Cartas Para Claudia
- "Recuentos para Demián"
- "Cuentos para pensar"
- "De la autoestima al egoísmo"
- "Amarse con los ojos abiertos"
- "Déjame que te cuente"
- "Todo Terminó"
- "El Juego de los Cuentos"
- "Cuenta Conmigo"
- "El Mito de le Diosa Fortuna"
- "20 pasos hacia adelante"
- "El candidato" .
- "El camino de la Auto-dependencia"
- "El camino del Encuentro"
- "El camino de las Lágrimas"
- "El camino de la Felicidad"
- "El camino de la Espiritualidad: Llegar a la Cima y Seguir Subiendo"
In 2005, he was accused of copying the fifth part of his book, Shimriti, from a text by Mónica Cavallé, though he later declared that it was "an absolutely involuntary error" while citing sources.
Awards and honors
- 2006: Premio de Novela Ciudad de Torrevieja, winner, ''El Candidato''