Eleonore Frankl née Schwindt (1925–2026)

On June 10, 2026, Eleonore ("Elly") Frankl passed away in Vienna at the age of 100.

Born on November 6, 1925, she grew up in modest circumstances and became known for her warmth, vitality, independence, and forthrightness. During the Second World War she worked as a nurse in the dental department of the Vienna Policlinic. There, in 1945, she met the physician and psychiatrist Viktor Frankl who had just returned from the concentration camps, having lost his first wife, his parents, and his brother.

The couple married in 1947 and remained together for fifty years. Throughout these decades she was not only a devoted wife and mother but also a constant companion in the work that helped establish logotherapy and existential analysis around the world. Numerous books, lecture tours, and international journeys were made possible through her encouragement, practical support, a nd unwavering dedication.

In recognition of her contributions to logotherapy, she was awarded honorary doctorates by North Park University in Chicago (1993) and the Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis.

After her husband's death in 1997, she assumed responsibility for preserving and promoting their shared legacy. For nearly three decades she remained a trusted source of guidance and support for scholars, students, and institutions dedicated to the continuing development of logotherapy.

She will be remembered for her kindness, generosity, humor, and strength of character. Her long life touched many people, and her memory will remain alive in the hearts of her family, friends, and all who had the privilege of knowing her.

Logotherapy Congress

The Viktor Frankl Institute of Logotherapy will hold its 25th Anniversary Congress on the theme “Embracing Hope: Finding Meaning and Purpose in a Chaotic World.”

Staybridge Suites, Rosemont, Illinois, September 23–26, 2026.

Mexican Journal of Logotherapy

Grupo Siendo Humanos and Ediciones LAG announce the relaunch of the
Revista Mexicana de Logoterapia

This journal will be published twice a year — every March 26th and September 2nd — in commemoration of the birth and death anniversary of Dr. Viktor E. Frankl. Through this project, we hope to continue fostering dialogue, reflection, and academic and human formation inspired by Frankl’s thought and legacy.

Alejandro Salomón Paredes:

Habitar el sentido: reflexiones logoterapéuticas sobre la vida cotidiana.

Ediciones LAG, Colección Sentido, 2026; ISBN: 978-970-96755-3-5

Habitar el sentido. Reflexiones logoterapéuticas sobre la vida cotidiana es una obra que reúne una serie de reflexiones breves inspiradas en la logoterapia y el análisis existencial de Viktor E. Frankl, nacidas de la experiencia cotidiana del autor en su vida personal, familiar y profesional. El libro propone una aproximación cercana y vivencial al descubrimiento del sentido, abordando temas como la libertad, la responsabilidad, la autenticidad, el encuentro con el otro, el amor, la paternidad, el dolor, la pérdida y la dimensión ética de la existencia.

Maria Marshall & Edward Marshall:

Bliss: Encounters with Meaning in a Complex World

This book invites readers to rediscover joy as Viktor Frankl understood it: a quiet byproduct of a life lived with meaning. Moving across education, ethics, technology, suffering, and peace, the book shows how meaning anchors the human spirit amid rapid change. Drawing on Logotherapy, contemporary psychology, and global concerns, it addresses moral injury, palliative care, Artificial Intelligence, and ethical practice. Historical and clinical perspectives—from Frankl’s early encounter with Freud to palliative care inspired by Dame Cicely Saunders and Dr. Balfour Mount—ground its vision. Bliss offers clarity and courage for uncertain times, affirming that joy emerges through commitment to truth, beauty, goodness, and service to others.

Heloísa Helena Rocha Silveira e Valquíria Gonçalves de Oliveira:

A Espiritualidade Comunitária

This book invites our imagination: What might an encounter between Chiara Lubich and Viktor Frankl  have been like?

It encourages us to reflect on the greatness of the lives and work of these two figures of the twentieth century. Both lived through the Second World War and worked tirelessly for unity in the world, while deeply valuing human diversity.

Both also taught us that we must live in pursuit of an ideal—today more than ever. Life itself reveals a richness of meaning, like an inexhaustible source, when it opens itself to transcendence, to a higher meaning, and becomes anchored in faith, hope, and love.

P.M. Madhu:

En el Bosque de la Bohemia con Viktor Frankl

This is is a work of philosophical fiction inspired by the existential legacy of Viktor Frankl. Through the encounter between an elderly philosopher and a young wanderer, the novel explores questions of freedom, suffering, love, and the search for meaning that define the human journey.

Written with poetic sensibility and narrative depth, this story invites readers to accompany its characters in their inner pilgrimage—toward reconciliation, responsibility, and transcendence. It is the first title in the Siendo Humanos Collection, whose purpose is to bring Logotherapy’s values and insights to a wider and less academic audience, through the language of storytelling and imagination.

Daniele Bruzzone:

Sentir el sentido, Fenomenología de la vida emocional

Sentir el sentido, de Daniele Bruzzone, es una invitación a redescubrir la vida emocional como el núcleo de nuestra existencia. Con una mirada fenomenológica, el autor nos conduce a comprender los afectos desde dentro, no como obstáculos, sino como fuerzas que transforman, orientan y dan sentido a nuestra relación con el mundo y con los otros.

Este libro devuelve a las emociones y sentimientos su dignidad original, mostrándolos como vivencias fundamentales que entretejen nuestra experiencia de ser humanos. Una obra íntima y profunda, ideal para quienes buscan habitar su existencia con mayor hondura emocional y cuidar con más sentido de sí mismos y de los demás.

Haddon Klingberg Jr. :

Quando a vida chama por nós

Esta é a única biografia autorizada de Viktor E. Frankl, cuja história de vida e reflexões inspiraram dezenas de milhões de pessoas. O livro narra uma jornada espiritual repleta de tragédia, mas sustentada por amor, sabedoria, fé e humor. As extensas entrevistas de Klingberg, que não estão disponíveis em nenhum outro lugar, revelam toda a riqueza da vida do casal Viktor e Elly e iluminam com beleza suas contribuições duradouras para um mundo melhor para todas as pessoas..