Viktor Frankl
Viktor Emil Frankl, M.D., Ph.D. (26 March 1905 – 2 September 1997) 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 best-selling book Man's Search for Meaning (published under a different title in 1959: From Death-Camp to Existentialism, and originally published in 1946 as Trotzdem Ja Zum Leben Sagen: Ein Psychologe erlebt das Konzentrationslager, meaning Nevertheless, Say "Yes" to Life: A Psychologist Experiences the Concentration Camp) chronicles his experiences as a concentration camp inmate, which led him to discover the importance of finding meaning in all forms of existence, even the most brutal ones, and thus, a reason to continue living. Frankl became one of the key figures in existential therapy and a prominent source of inspiration for humanistic psychologists.
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Birth date | March 26, 1905 |
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Date of death | September 02, 1997 |
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- http://books.google.ca/books/about/Psychotherapy_and_existentialism.html?id=FgVsAAAAMAAJ
- http://books.google.com.pe/books/about/The_unconscious_God.html?hl=en&id=2mgSGQAACAAJ
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- http://books.google.com/books?id=kYfBJ84QCAYC
- http://viktorandi.publishpath.com
- http://www.logotherapyinstitute.org
- http://www.panarchy.org/frankl/meaning.html