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Frankl's main works

An overview of Viktor Frankl's key books - from “Ärztliche Seelsorge” to his last, “Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning”.

Selected works

YearOriginal titleEnglish edition / significance
1946Ärztliche Seelsorge“The Doctor and the Soul” - the basic exposition of logotherapy; manuscript lost in Auschwitz and reconstructed in the camp
1946Ein Psychologe erlebt das Konzentrationslager“Man's Search for Meaning”
1946…trotzdem Ja zum Leben sagen (lectures)“Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything”
1948Der unbewusste Gott“The Unconscious God” - doctoral dissertation in philosophy
1950Homo patienson the meaning of suffering
1956Theorie und Therapie der Neurosentheory and therapy of neuroses
1969The Will to Meaningthe most systematic exposition in English
1971Psychotherapie für jedermannpsychotherapy for everyone
1977Das Leiden am sinnlosen Lebenon suffering from a meaningless life
1978The Unheard Cry for Meaning
1995Was nicht in meinen Büchern stehtautobiography (“Recollections”)
1997Man's Search for Ultimate Meaninglast book, on ultimate meaning

In total Frankl wrote about 40 books translated into about 50 languages.

Sources

Viktor Frankl Institut Wien - bibliography and biography; Wikipedia (de, en).

See also