Viktor Frankl

Viktor Emil Frankl (Austrian German: [ˈfraŋkl̩]; 26 March 1905 – 2 September 1997)

was an Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, 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 wrote 39 books. The best-selling autobiographical book Man's Search for Meaning is based on his experiences in various Nazi concentration camps.

Notable works: Man's Search for Meaning, The Unconscious God, The Doctor and the Soul Awards: Ring of Honour of the City of Vienna, Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Oskar Pfister Award, honorary doctor of the University of Vienna, honorary doctorate of Salzburg University, Prize of the City of Vienna for Natural Sciences, honorary citizen of Vienna, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art, Masaryk University Gold Medal, honorary doctorate from the Catholic University of Lublin Education: University of Vienna

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