Viktor Frankl
Viktor Emil Frankl, psychiatrist of survival, died on September 2nd, aged 92
WHEN Viktor Frankl was 16 he wrote an essay on Sigmund Freud's teaching and sent it to the great man. Freud, Dr Frankl recalled, wrote back that he had found the essay interesting and had passed it to a journal of psychoanalysis, recommending that it be published (which it was, although, in the manner of learned publications, not until three years later). Freud, ever polite, hoped that the young Viktor did not mind having his work in print.
This article appeared in the Obituary section of the print edition under the headline “Viktor Frankl”
Obituary September 20th 1997
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