# Viktor Frankl Link:: [Wikipedia Entry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Frankl) > [!about] According to Wikipedia > Viktor Emil Frankl (26 March 1905 – 2 September 1997) was an Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, philosopher, writer, and Holocaust survivor. > > He was the founder of 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. > > Logotherapy was recognized as the third school of Viennese Psychotherapy, after those established by Sigmund Freud, and Alfred Adler. > > Frankl published 39 books. The autobiographical [[Man's Search for Meaning]], a best-selling book, is based on his experiences in various Nazi concentration camps. ## Notes