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Paul Kalanithi

Indian-American neurosurgeon and writer · India · On the map · Writers · Lived 1977 to 2015 · aged 37

Paul Sudhir Arul Kalanithi was an American neurosurgeon, neuroscientist, and writer. His book When Breath Becomes Air is a memoir about his life and illness with stage IV metastatic lung cancer. It was posthumously published by Random House in January 2016.

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It was on The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Seller list for multiple weeks.

Country
India
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1977 to 2015 · aged 37