Mary Barnes

Mary Edith Barnes ( born February 9, 1923 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, † June 29, 2001 in Tomintoul, Scotland ) was a British artist and writer.

Mary Barnes is best known for her documentary about her experience - she was schizophrenic - with Ronald D. Laing, one of the founding figures of the anti-psychiatry movement, in Kingsley Hall, London.

Primary literature

  • David Edgar: Mary Barnes. Methuen Publishing Ltd, London 1979, ISBN 0-413-40070-0
  • With Ann Scott: Something Sacred: Conversations, Writings, Paintings. Free Association Books, London, 1989, ISBN 1-85343-100-1, ISBN 1-85343-101- X
  • With Joseph Berke: Two Accounts of a Journey Through Madness. Free Association Books, London, 1991, ISBN 1-85343-125-7; The Other Press, New York 2002, ISBN 1-59051 -016 X
  • Author
  • British Painter
  • Born in 1923
  • Died in 2001
  • Woman
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