Joseph B. Fabry (November 6, 1909 – May 7, 1999) was an Austrian-American writer associated with the

logotherapy Logotherapy was developed by neurologist and psychiatrist Viktor Frankl and is based on the premise that the primary motivational force of an individual is to find a meaning in life. Frankl describes it as "the Third Viennese School of Psychothe ...

movement.

Background

Fabry was born in 1909 and earned his doctorate from the

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. Being Jewish, he had attempted to flee from the Nazis, but was arrested and held in the Merxplas detention camp in Belgium. After the Second World War, he migrated to the United States, eventually moving to

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where he became an editor for the

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. He met

Viktor Frankl Viktor Emil Frankl (26 March 1905 – 2 September 1997) was an Austrian psychiatrist who founded logotherapy, a school of psychotherapy that describes a search for a life's meaning as the central human motivational force. Logotherapy is part ...

in 1965 and developed a lifelong friendship with him. Fabry became involved in the logotherapy movement, writing and editing a number of works, as well as organizing conferences. He also helped to found the Viktor Frank Institute of Logotherapy in California.
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Books

* ''The Pursuit of Meaning: Logotherapy Applied to Life'' (1968) * ''Guideposts to Meaning: Discovering What Really Matters'' (1988) * ''The Calls of Meaning'' (1998)

References

Logotherapy 1909 births 1999 deaths Austrian emigrants to the United States {{US-nonfiction-writer-stub