Irvin D. Yalom

Irvin D. Yalom was born in 1931 in Washington, D.C., to Russian immigrant parents. He was an American psychoanalyst and a prominent representative of existential psychotherapy. Yalom wrote professional books that became classics of psychotherapy, as well as novels that became international bestsellers. His honors included the Sigmund Freud Prize for Psychotherapy and the Oskar Pfister Award.