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Viktor Frankl
1905 – 1997
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryViktor Emil Frankl 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.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
March 26, 1905
Vienna
Date of death
September 2, 1997
Vienna
Citizenship
Austria
Occupations & fields
psychotherapistpsychologistpsychiatristneurologistexistential therapistwriter
Awards & honours
Ring of Honour of the City of ViennaKnight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyOskar Pfister Awardhonorary doctor of the University of Viennahonorary doctorate of Salzburg UniversityPrize of the City of Vienna for Natural Sciences
Notable works
Man's Search for MeaningThe Unconscious GodThe Doctor and the Soul
- Field and occupation
- rakúsky neurológ a psychiater
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