ALS in German, signed “Freud,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 8.25, personal letterhead, January 15, 1922. Handwritten letter to a colleague, in full (translated): "I was very happy to receive your letter and the article in the Nación. You must even now be the only person in your country who takes an interest in our discipline.
I am sorry that you do not read German; otherwise, I would be able to send you many things. But my lectures have recently appeared in French (Introduction á la psychanalyse, Pagot & Cie., Paris, 106 Bd. St. Germain), and other works are supposed to follow soon. The first volume of a set of collected works in Spanish, put out by Ruiz Castillo, Madrid, Lista 66, is expected in the next few months. English translations of some quite recent shorter works (Massenpsychologie [Group Psychology], Jenseits des Lustprinzips [Beyond the Pleasure Principle]) have been arranged by the Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag [International Psychoanalytic Press] in Vienna.
It is too bad that you are so far from us! In September 1922, a conference is being held in Berlin, which Dr. Delgado from Lima has said that he will attend. Is it out of the question that you could also come?" In very good to fine condition, with light creasing, minor mounting remnants to the top edge, and light show-through from writing on opposing sides.
In the aftermath of World War I, psychoanalysis was rapidly expanding beyond the German-speaking world into an international intellectual movement. Freud spent time actively promoting translations of his work into French, Spanish, and English, reflecting both the growing global demand for psychoanalytic theory and his central role in shaping its dissemination.
In 1920, Horace Liveright published the first English-language edition of A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis—the most popular and widely translated of Freud’s works, containing 28 lectures on key psychoanalytic concepts such as the unconscious, dream interpretation, repression, and neuroses. Written in accessible, non-technical language, it became one of Freud’s most popular books, serving as both a summary of his ideas and an entry point for readers new to psychoanalysis. A French translation, released by Paris published Pagot & Cie., followed in 1922.
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