Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (/ˈmiːhaɪ ˈtʃiːksɛntˈmiːhaɪ/, Hungarian: Csíkszentmihályi Mihály, pronounced [ˈt͡ʃiːksɛntmihaːji ˈmihaːj] (listen); 29 September 1934 – 20 October 2021) was a Hungarian-American psychologist. He was known because of his work in the psychological concept of flow, a highly focused mental state.^[1][2] He was the Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Management at Claremont Graduate University.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Csikszentmihalyi in 2010
Born	(1934-09-29)29 September 1934 Fiume, Kingdom of Italy (now Rijeka, Croatia)
Died	20 October 2021(2021-10-20) (aged 87) Claremont, California, U.S.
Known for	Flow (psychology) autotelic activities
Scientific career
Doctoral students	Keith Sawyer

Csikszentmihalyi's name pronunciation

He was the head of the department of psychology at the University of Chicago and of the department of sociology and anthropology at Lake Forest College.^[3]

Csikszentmihalyi died on 20 October 2021 in Claremont, California from cardiac arrest at the age of 87.^[4]