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Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Siddhartha Mukherjee

Siddhartha Mukherjee is a cancer physician and researcher. His book The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in general non-fiction. Mukherjee is an assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University and a staff cancer physician at Columbia University Medical Center. A Rhodes scholar, he graduated from Stanford University, University of Oxford, Harvard Medical School. He has published articles in Nature, The New England Journal of Medicine, The New York Times, and The New Republic. He lives in New York with his wife and daughters.

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The Learning Network Blog: What's on Your Summer Reading List?
New York Times, May 24, 2012
...some of this summer at sea with Melville again.Pamela Paul, children’s books editor: I just started Siddhartha Mukherjee’s “Emperor of All Maladies,” which is excellent but will probably take me into summer as I plan to interrupt it with lighter...
The Emperor Of All Maladies: A Biography Of Cancer Posted By: Roberto Sedycias
ArticleSnatch.com, May 7, 2012
...fact, says The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by award-winning science writer, researcher and doctor Siddhartha Mukherjee, about three decades ago, we even believed that an effort similar to the one that put man on the moon would erase...
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
GoArticles, May 7, 2012
...taken to control this plague. At one time, in fact, says by award-winning science writer, researcher and doctor Siddhartha Mukherjee, about three decades ago, we even believed that an effort similar to the one that put man on the moon would erase cancer...
Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee Public Lecture - 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Northwestern University, April 30, 2012
...& Meetings On May 1, 2012, the Northwestern Physical Sciences-Oncology Center will sponsor a public lecture by Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer. Widely hailed by critics as an ambitious, important,...
Siddhardha Mukherjee’s captivating essay on depression
Firstpost.com, April 29, 2012
...Not that Siddhartha Mukherjee didn’t have predecessors who wrote captivatingly about illnesses and their science, evolution, ecology and tryst with humans. There were many physicians who wrote arresting prose before his Emperor...
'Cancer's Biographer'
Northwestern University, April 25, 2012
...Mukherjee will expound on ancient origins and today’s battle to cure the disease Siddhartha Mukherjee EVANSTON, Ill. --- Siddhartha Mukherjee, M.D., the oncologist who ambitiously tackled the 4,000-year recorded history of cancer in his first book,...
No fiction award by Pulitzer Prize judges in 2012
Los Angeles Times, April 16, 2012
...and the award for poetry went to Tracy K. Smith for "Life on Mars." RELATED: 2011: Jennifer Egan, Siddhartha Mukherjee and Kay Ryan win writing Pulitzer Prizes Guggenheim announces 2012 fellows 2010: Pulitzer Prizes announced — Carolyn...
Dickens takes the Duff Cooper Prize
Spectator, March 1, 2012
...it is held at the French ambassador's residence in London. Douglas-Fairhurst beat Susie Harries’ life of Pevsner, Siddhartha Mukherjee’s The Emperor of all Maladies, Anna Reid’s Leningrad and Jonathan Steinberg’s Bismarck. The Spectator has two...
'To Kill a Snow...' is vast enough to be epic
IBNLive India News, February 27, 2012
...niche. Abraham Verghese with his complete osmosis of the culture and understanding of his adopted land and vocation. Siddhartha Mukherjee by winning the Pulitzer for Non-Fiction for his monumental work on cancer, The Emperor of All Maladies. Yeah, Sharad...
Five Things You Need To Know About Today: Feb. 27
Dover Sherborn Patch, February 27, 2012
...  Everyone is welcome.  The book chosen for this month is "The Emperor of all Maladies" by Siddhartha Mukherjee. 4. The Dover Council on Aging Invites seniors to stop by the Fireside Room at the Dover Town House to learn a new craft. The cost is...
Bookwise — Search for a narrative
The Hindu, February 24, 2012
...eager to translate the highly technical aspects of their fields into a narrative all of us can absorb. Siddhartha Mukherjee won the Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction 2011 for his "biography" of cancer, "The Emperor of All Maladies". He traces the...
A History of Illness
Trend Hunter, February 21, 2012
...Oncologist and author of ?Emperor of Maladies: A Biography of Cancer? Siddhartha Mukherjee discusses the history of cancer in America and his pursuit to find its origin, a disease he says that will without a doubt engulf all of our lives. Siddhartha...
A History of Illness - Siddhartha Mukherjee Discusses the Process of Writing His Biography of Cancer (TrendHunter.com)
Trend Hunter, February 21, 2012
...Oncologist and author of ?Emperor of Maladies: A Biography of Cancer? Siddhartha Mukherjee discusses the history of cancer in America and his pursuit to find its origin, a disease he says that will without a doubt engulf all of our lives. Siddhartha...
APA Announces Audie Award Nominees
Library Journal, February 21, 2012
...Eichmann in Jerusalem , by Hannah Arendt, Narrated by Wanda McCaddon, Tantor Audio The Emperor of All Maladies , by Siddhartha Mukherjee, Narrated by Stephen Hoye, Tantor Audio In the Garden of Beasts , by Erik Larson, Narrated by Stephen Hoye,...