Juan-David Nasio (born 1942 in Rosario), is an Argentinian psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and writer. He is one of the founders of Séminaires Psychanalytiques de Paris.

Biography

After qualifying as a doctor from the University of Buenos Aires, Nasio completed his residency as a psychiatrist at the hospital in Lanús.^[1] He emigrated to France in 1969, where he attended the classes of Jacques Lacan. In May 1979, he did a course about the theme "subject of the unconscious", in the seminar of Lacan.

He was a professor at the University of Paris VII Sorbonne, for 30 years from 1971^[1] and for three years had a seminar in the école Freudienne de Paris (1977-1980). After its dissolution in 1980, he founded the Séminaires Psychanalytiques de Paris (1986). He received the French Legion of Honour.^[2]

In addition to participating in Lacan's seminars and translating his Écrits^[3] into Spanish, he has authored numerous books in French, translated in 13 languages.

Distinctions

• 1999 : Knight of Legion of Honor.
• 2001 : Illustrious citizen of the city of Rosario.^[4]
• 2004 : Officer of ordre national du Mérite.
• 2012 : Doctor honoris causa of the University of Buenos Aires and of the University of Tucuman.
• 2015 : Doctor honoris causa of the Autonomous University of Mexico State.
• 2016 : Doctor honoris causa of the University of Rosario^[5] and of the University 21 Century of Córdoba.^[6]
• 2017 : Doctor honoris causa of the Southern Connecticut State University.