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Oliver Sacks (1933–2015)

Author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales

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Oliver Sacks was born in London, England on July 9, 1933. He received a medical degree from Queen's College, Oxford University and performed his internship at Middlesex Hospital in London and Mount Zion Hospital in San Francisco. He completed his residency at UCLA. In 1965, he became a clinical neurologist to the Little Sisters of the Poor and Beth Abraham Hospital. His work in a Bronx charity hospital led him to write the book Awakenings in 1973. The book inspired a play by Harold Pinter and became a film starring Robert De Niro and Robin Williams. His other works included An Anthropologist on Mars, The Mind's Eye, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Uncle Tungsten, Musicophilia, A Leg to Stand On, On the Move: A Life, and Gratitude. In 2007, he ended his 42-year relationship with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine to accept an interdisciplinary teaching position at Columbia. In 2012, he returned to the New York University School of Medicine as a professor of neurology. He died of cancer on August 30, 2015 at the age of 82. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales… (more)
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales 11,166 copies, 203 reviews
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain 5,242 copies, 113 reviews
An Anthropologist On Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales 4,075 copies, 55 reviews
Awakenings 2,386 copies, 24 reviews
Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood 2,154 copies, 52 reviews
The Island of the Colorblind 1,701 copies, 24 reviews
Hallucinations 1,602 copies, 68 reviews
Seeing Voices 1,543 copies, 31 reviews
The Mind's Eye 1,490 copies, 59 reviews
On the Move: A Life 1,259 copies, 45 reviews
Migraine 946 copies, 11 reviews
A Leg to Stand On 939 copies, 13 reviews
Gratitude 812 copies, 40 reviews
Oaxaca Journal (Author) 618 copies, 18 reviews
The River of Consciousness 542 copies, 13 reviews
Everything in Its Place: First Loves and Last Tales 272 copies, 6 reviews
The Best American Science Writing 2003 (Editor) 163 copies, 1 review
Awakenings, A Leg to Stand On, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat,… 126 copies
Vintage Sacks 82 copies
Oliver Sacks: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (The Last… 70 copies, 2 reviews
De vrouw zonder lichaam alle verhalen uit de praktijk 22 copies
At First Sight [1999 film] (Original book) 22 copies
Der letzte Hippie (Zwei neurologische Geschichten.) 9 copies
Der Tag, an dem mein Bein fortging. Der Mann, der seine Frau mit einem Hut… 8 copies
Wel en niet zien 6 copies
De wereld der onnozelen 3 copies
Dr. Oliver Sacks on Music and the Mind 2 copies
Oliver Sacks 3 Books Collection Set (The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a… 2 copies
Oliver Sacks Reader 2 copies
Speed {The New Yorker, August 23, 2004 P. 60} 2 copies
Čovek koji je pobrkao ženu sa šeširom 2 copies
Rage for Order: Autism 2 copies
Journal of Consciousness Studies (Controversies in Science & the… 2 copies
The Influencing Machine: James Tilly Matthews and the Air Loom 1 copy
Face-Blind: Why are some of us terrible at recognizing faces? 1 copy
'Making up the Mind' in NYRB 8 April 1993 1 copy
Rätsel um die Farbe Rot. Neurologe und Bestseller-Autor Oliver Sacks… 1 copy
The Creative Self: From The River of Consciousness (A Vintage Short) 1 copy
Ontwaken in verbijstering & Stemmen zien 1 copy
Oliver Sacks, Collection of Books 1 copy
My Own Life 1 copy
Love, Lunacy, and a Life Fully Lived 1 copy
Neurologia e anima (articolo) 1 copy
Great Science Museums: Remembering South Kensington 1 copy
Emicrania - Tomo II 1 copy
Comprende la psicología 1 copy
Emicrania - Tomo I 1 copy
Oliver Sacks: The Nervous System and the Soul 1 copy
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Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind (Foreword, some editions) 1,871 copies, 15 reviews
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity (Foreword) 1,108 copies, 57 reviews
Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism (Foreword, some editions) 1,096 copies, 23 reviews
The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing (Contributor) 785 copies, 6 reviews
The Richness of Life: The Essential Stephen Jay Gould (Foreword) 359 copies, 4 reviews
The Best American Essays 2005 (Contributor) 335 copies, 1 review
A Journey Round My Skull (Introduction) 322 copies, 12 reviews
The Best American Essays 2006 (Contributor) 297 copies, 1 review
The Best American Essays 2004 (Contributor) 284 copies, 1 review
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011 (Contributor) 281 copies, 6 reviews
The Best American Science Writing 2007 (Contributor) 236 copies, 5 reviews
Hidden Histories of Science (Contributor) 232 copies, 2 reviews
A Glorious Accident: Understanding Our Place in the Cosmic Puzzle (Contributor) 217 copies, 6 reviews
The Man with a Shattered World: The History of a Brain Wound (Foreword, some editions) 215 copies, 3 reviews
The Vintage Book of Amnesia: An Anthology of Writing on the Subject of… (Contributor) 212 copies, 2 reviews
Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals (Contributor) 209 copies, 5 reviews
The Best American Science Writing 2005 (Contributor) 189 copies, 1 review
The Best American Essays 1998 (Contributor) 186 copies, 1 review
Fixing My Gaze: A Scientist's Journey Into Seeing in Three Dimensions (Foreword) 181 copies, 4 reviews
The Best American Science Writing 2000 (Contributor) 164 copies
Granta 21: The Story-Teller (Contributor) 149 copies, 1 review
The Norton Book of Personal Essays (Contributor) 142 copies, 1 review
The Best American Science Writing 2008 (Contributor) 141 copies, 3 reviews
The Man Who Forgot How to Read: A Memoir (Afterword) 131 copies, 9 reviews
The Best American Essays 2016 (Contributor) 129 copies, 1 review
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2016 (Contributor) 125 copies, 3 reviews
A Man Without Words (Foreword, some editions) 116 copies, 3 reviews
Know the Past, Find the Future: The New York Public Library at 100 (Contributor) 115 copies, 3 reviews
The Best American Science Writing 2009 (Contributor) 112 copies, 7 reviews
Memory Book: A Benny Cooperman Detective Novel (Benny Cooperman Mysteries) (Afterword) 88 copies, 11 reviews
The Best American Spiritual Writing 2008 (Contributor) 85 copies, 4 reviews
Granta 16: Science (Contributor) 80 copies
About Us: Essays from the New York Times' Disability Series (Contributor) 64 copies, 2 reviews
Measure of the Heart: A Father's Alzheimer's, A Daughter's Return (Foreword, some editions) 54 copies, 10 reviews
21: 21 Picador Authors Celebrate 21 Years of International Writing (Contributor) 52 copies
Antaeus No. 61, Autumn 1988 - Journals, Notebooks & Diaries (Contributor) 32 copies, 2 reviews
Out of Darkness: A Memoir (Foreword) 13 copies
Alive Inside [2014 film] (some editions) 10 copies, 1 review
The Analog Sea Review: Number Two (Contributor) 9 copies, 1 review
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Canonical name
Sacks, Oliver
Legal name
Sacks, Oliver Wolf
Other names
Sacks, Oliver W.
Date of birth
1933-07-09
Date of death
2015-08-30
Burial location
Gender
male
Nationality
UK
Country (for map)
England, UK
Birthplace
London, England, UK
Place of death
New York, New York, USA
Cause of death
cancer
Places of residence
New York, New York, USA
Education
St Paul's School, London, UK
University of Oxford (Queen's College | BA | Physiology and Biology | 1954)
University of Oxford (MA | BM | BCh | 1958)
UCLA (residency in neurology and neuropathology | 1965)
Occupations
neurologist
professor
Relationships
Eban, Abba (cousin)
Lynn, Jonathan (cousin)
Sacks, Jonathan (nephew)
Hayes, Bill (partner)
Miller, Jonathan (friend, #1)
Agents
Organizations
UCLA Medical Center (resident. Neurology)
Beth Abraham Hospital (consulting neurologist ∙ Beth Abraham Health Services)
Yeshiva University (Albert Einstein College of Medicine ∙ clinical professor of neurology)
New York University (School of Medicine ∙ Adjunct professor of Neurology)
Columbia University (professor of clinical neurology and clinical psychology)
Awards and honors
Columbia artist (1st ∙ Columbia University)
Music Has Power Award (2000)
Beth Abraham (40 years of service)
Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science (2001)
Asteroid Namesake (asteroid 84928 | 2008)
Short biography
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