Viktor Frankl
Viktor Frankl | |
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Frankl in 1965 | |
| Born | Viktor Emil Frankl 26 March 1905 |
| Died | 2 September 1997 (aged 92) Vienna, Austria |
| Resting place | Vienna Central Cemetery |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna (MD, 1930; PhD, 1948) |
| Occupation(s) | neurologist, psychiatrist, philosopher, and author |
| Known for | Logotherapy Existential analysis |
| Spouse(s) | Tilly Grosser, m. 1941 – c. 1944–1945 (her death) Eleonore Katharina Schwindt, m. 1947 |
| Children | 1 |
Viktor Emil Frankl (Austrian German: [ˈfraŋkl̩]; 26 March 1905 – 2 September 1997) was an Austrian neurologist, psychologist, philosopher, and Holocaust survivor, who founded logotherapy, a school of psychotherapy that describes a search for a life's meaning as the central human motivational force. Logotherapy is part of existential and humanistic psychology theories.
Logotherapy was promoted as the third school of Viennese Psychotherapy, after those established by Sigmund Freud and Alfred Adler.
Frankl published 39 books. The autobiographical Man's Search for Meaning, a best-selling book, is based on his experiences in various Nazi concentration camps.