Lou Andreas-Salomé was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. She was a writer, philosopher, and psychoanalyst. She was also a student of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. She was a controversial figure in her time, but she is now considered one of the most important female thinkers of the 19th and 20th centuries.
The Enigmatic Mind of Lou Andreas-Salomé: A Journey into Psychoanalysis and Literature