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¦ Viktor E. Frankl, M.D., Ph.D.
Neurologist and psychiatrist
Founder of Logotherapy and Existential Analysis
Photo: (C) IMAGNO / K. Vesely |
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LIFE AND WORK
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Born: March 26, 1905, Vienna
Died: September 2, 1997, Vienna
¦ Academic titles
M.D. (1930), Ph.D.
(1949), Dr.h.c.mult.
¦ Family
Widowed; second marriage (1947) with Eleonore, b. Schwindt;
daughter Gabriele; 2 grandchildren, Katharina and Alexander;
great-granddaughter Anna Viktoria
Viktor Emil
Frankl, M.D., Ph.D. was Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at the University
of Vienna Medical School.
1940-42 Frankl was director of the Neurological
Department of the Rothschild Hospital
1946-70 he was director of the Vienna
Neurological Policlinic.
During World War II he spent 3 years at Auschwitz, Dachau
and other concentration camps.
He was Visiting Professor at Harvard as well as at
universities in Pittsburgh,
San Diego and Dallas. The U.S. International University in California installed
a
special chair for logotherapy - this is the psychotherapeutic school founded by
Frankl, often
called the "Third Viennese School" (after Freud's psychoanalysis
and Adler's individual psychology.) He received 29 honorary doctorates from
universities in all parts of the world.
The American Psychiatric Association bestowed upon him the Oskar Pfister Award.
Frankl authored 32 books which were published in 32 languages. His last two books are "Viktor Frankl
- Recollections" and "Man's Search for Ultimate
Meaning", both published in 1997. Man's Search for
Meaning has sold over five
million copies in the USA alone. According to a survey conducted by the
Library
of Congress and the Book-of-the-Month Club it belongs to "the ten most
influential
books in America." (New York Times, November 20, 1991).
.. List of books authored by Viktor Frankl
The scientific literature on logotherapy has grown to an extent that a complete
listing is no more possible. An up-to-date overview of publications on
logotherapy and existential
analysis may be found here:
.. Online Bibliography
Frankl held lectures at 209 universities on all 5 continents.
The
American Medical Society, the American Psychiatric Association and the
American Psychological
Association have officially recognized Dr. Frankl's
Logotherapy as one of the scientifically based
schools of psychotherapy.
According to the American Journal of Psychiatry, his
work is "perhaps the most
significant thinking since Freud and Adler."
Viktor
Frankl was appointed Honorary Member of the Austrian Academy of
Sciences.
Frankl held the Solo Flight Certificate and the Mountain Guide badge of the
Alpine Club "Donauland".
Three difficult climbing trails (on the Rax and
Peilstein mountains) were named after him.
In 1995 Frankl received the Honorary Citizenship of his native city Vienna.
 The following 29 universities conferred
upon Dr. Frankl Honorary Doctor degrees
- Loyola University,
Chicago (1970)
- Edgecliffe
College, Cincinnati (1970)
- Rockford College, Illinois (1972)
- Mount Mary College, Wisconsin (1984)
- Universidade do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (1984)
- Universidad Andres Bello, Caracas (1984)
- University of South Africa (1984)
- Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires (1985)
- Universidad Catolica Argentina, Buenos Aires (1985)
- Universidad de Buenos Aires (1985)
- Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala (1985)
- University of Vienna (1986)
- Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina (1986)
- Universidad Nacional de Entre Rios, Argentina (1986)
- Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Argentina (1986)
- Universidad del Aconcagua, Argentina (1986)
- Universidade de Brasilia (1988)
- University of Haifa, Israel (1988)
- International Academy for Philosophy in Liechtenstein (1989)
- University of Kopenhagen (1989)
- University of Pretoria, South Africa (1990)
- Universidad Gabriela Mistral, Santiago de Chile (1991)
- University of Santa Clara, Kalifornien (1991)
- University of Ljubljana, Slovenia (1992)
- University of Prague (1994)
- University of Lublin (Polen) (1994)
- University of Salzburg (1994)
- Semmelweis-University Budapest (1996)
- Ohio State University, Columbus (1997)
Honorary memberships
- Austrian Academy of Sciences
- Societies for Neurology and Psychiatry in Austria, Peru and Guatemala
Awards
etc.
- John F. Kennedy Star
- Oscar Pfister Award of the
American Psychiatric Association
- Theodor Billroth Medal
- Albert Schweitzer Medal
- Cardinal Innitzer Prize
- City of Vienna Prize for Science
- Honorary Ring of the City of
Vienna
- Honorary Citizen of the Capital of Texas
- Great Cross of Merit with Star (Germany)
- Lifetime Achievement
Award of the Foundation for Hospice and Homecare
- Nomination for the Peace
Nobel Prize by the Pontifical University of Porto Alegre (Brazil), a Texan university and the
"Evolution of
Psychotherapy Foundation" (Phoenix, Arizona).
- Viktor Frankl Catedra at the
University of Caracas (Venezuela)
- Frankl received the highest honor the
Republic of Austria can confer on a scientist; it is the membership of an Order
restricted to 18
Austrians and 18 citizens of other countries.
- Great Cross of Merit with Star of
the Republic of Austria (1995)
- Great Badge of Honour of the Austrian Medical
Society (1995)
- Maryland Psychological Association Outstanding Lifetime
Contribution To Psychology Award
- Honorary Citizenship of Vienna
(1995)
- A "Viktor Frankl House" was been founded in the vicinity of Hamburg
(Germany); it is an open mental health institution whose
inmates recruit from former patients of
psychiatric institutions.
- Medicus Magnus Medal and International Golden Star
"Merit for Humanism" (Polish Academy of Medicine, 1997)
The 32 languages in which Frankl's books have been
published
Afrikaans | Albanian | Bulgarian | Catalan | Chinese | Czech |
Croatian | Danish | Dutch | English | Estonian |
Finnish | French | German | Greek | Hebrew |
Hungarian | Icelandic | Iranian | Italian | Japanese |
Korean | Lithuanian | Norwegian | Polish | Portuguese |
Russian | Slovakian | Slovenian | Spanish | Swedish |
Turkish
Logotherapy societies and
institutes
Logotherapy societies and institutes around the world
.. Updated list
Miscellany
- At the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley a "Frankl Library and Memorabilia" was installed
- At the University of
Caracas a "Viktor Frankl Chair for Medical Anthropology" was founded
- A "Viktor Frankl Chair for Philosophy and Psychology" was founded in 1994 at the
International Academy for Philosophy in the Principality of
Liechtenstein
- Near Hamburg a social-psychiatric institution called "Viktor Frankl
House" was founded
- On Viktor
Frankl's place of birth, Czerningasse 6, Vienna, a memorial plaque was unveiled by the Austrian Minister of
Science
- On the Vienna
University Campus (Altes Allgemeines Krankenhaus) a "Viktor Frankl Path" was opened in 2001
- In Frankfurt a School for the
Handicapped was named "Viktor-Frankl-School" (2001)
- On the front of Viktor Frankl's home, Mariannengasse 1, a memorial plaque was unveiled in
2002
Journals for Logotherapy
are
published in Argentine, Brazil, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland,
USA.
World Congresses for
Logotherapy
were held in San Diego (1980), Hartford (1982), Regensburg (1983), San
Francisco/Berkeley (1984), Toronto (1986, 1993),
Buenos Aires (1987), Kansas City (1989), Saratoga
(1991), Dallas (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005).
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