Viktor Frankl

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Viktor Frankl was an Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, and Holocaust survivor best known for founding logotherapy and writing the influential memoir "Man's Search for Meaning."

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instanceOf Austrian person
Holocaust survivor
author
human
neurologist
psychiatrist
psychotherapist
almaMater University of Vienna
awardReceived Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art
Oskar Pfister Award
child Gabriele Frankl
citizenship Austria
countryOfBirth Austria-Hungary
countryOfDeath Austria
dateOfBirth 1905-03-26
dateOfDeath 1997-09-02
developedConcept existential vacuum
noögenic neurosis
will to meaning
educatedAt University of Vienna
familyName Frankl
fieldOfWork existential analysis
neurology
psychiatry
psychology
founded Third Viennese School of Psychotherapy
logotherapy
fullName Viktor Emil Frankl
givenName Viktor
hasGenre memoir
psychology literature
influenced existential psychotherapy
humanistic psychology
positive psychology
influencedBy Alfred Adler
Sigmund Freud
knownFor developing existential analysis
founding logotherapy
writing "Man's Search for Meaning"
languageOfWorkOrName German
movement existentialism
humanistic psychology
notableWork "Man's Search for Meaning"
"Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning"
"The Doctor and the Soul"
"The Will to Meaning"
occupation author
neurologist
psychiatrist
psychotherapist
university professor
placeOfBirth Vienna
placeOfDeath Vienna
religion Judaism
spouse Tilly Grosser
survived Auschwitz concentration camp
Dachau subcamps
Theresienstadt concentration camp
taughtAt United States International University
University of Vienna


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