https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Milan
At the age of 29, she defended a doctoral thesis in psychiatry at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo and, a year later, in 1974, went to France to undergo therapy with and subsequently work with Jacques Lacan, for whom she became a translator and assistant at the University of Paris VIII.[1] In 2021 she published Lacan ainda: Testemunho de uma análise, about her experiences with Lacan.[2][3][4]
Shortly before finishing her training in psychoanalysis and returning to Brazil, Milan wrote her first novel, O Sexphuro. Her work with Lacan resulted, in 1991, in the novel O Papagaio e o Doutor (The Parrot and the Doctor), which was translated into French and Spanish.
“Come in,” Lacan welcomed her as if time had not passed between them.
“Tell me,” he began. Does she disclose he had been in her thoughts? “Tell
me,” he repeated anew. “The only thing I have to tell you is I saw you.”
“Where ?” he asked with surprise. “Dreaming,” she replied, “You were in my
land, atop a mango tree eating zapote, and I atop another branch drinking
guarana, our national drink.” She dreamt of him feeding others fruit while
singing “She who wanted me, took me with her.” He flew away, accompa-
nied by angels and green birds. “To what better world I might have gone!”
he exclaimed (in reality). Before his joy Seriema felt a deep attachment, not
wanting to separate from him though she had contrived the four-month
limit. “There are only fifteen days left,” she said. “Until tomorrow,” he bade
her, as if the separation was of little consequence. (Daniel Jose Gaztambide, 2024, p. 145)
