Viktor E. Frankl

Viktor E. Frankl

born March 26, 1905
died September 02, 1997
gender male
place of birth Vienna, Austria
website http://www.viktorfrankl.org/e/lifeandwork.html

about this author

Viktor Emil Frankl M.D., Ph.D. was an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist as well as a Holocaust survivor. Frankl was the founder of logotherapy, which is a form of Existential Analysis, the "Third Viennese School" of psychotherapy.

His book Man's Search for Meaning (first published under a different title in 1959: From Death-Camp to Existentialism. Originally published in 1946 as Ein Psycholog erlebt das Konzentrationslager) chronicles his experiences as a concentration camp inmate and describes his psychotherapeutic method of finding meaning in all forms of existence, even the most sordid ones, and thus a reason to continue living. He was one of the key figures in existential therapy.

Excerpted from Wikipedia.

Books

More books by Viktor E. Frankl…