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¦ Viktor E. Frankl, M.D., Ph.D.
Neurologist and psychiatrist
Founder of Logotherapy and Existential Analysis
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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 has been Visiting Professor at Harvard as
well as 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 has received 29 honorary
doctorates from universities in all parts of the
world.
The American Psychiatric Association has
bestowed upon him the Oskar Pfister Award.
Frankl has 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 has given 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 has 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"
has 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" has been 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). |
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