{"id":622,"date":"2006-09-06T05:45:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-06T05:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janaremy.com\/?p=622"},"modified":"2006-09-06T05:45:00","modified_gmt":"2006-09-06T05:45:00","slug":"biography-oliver-sacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/2006\/09\/06\/biography-oliver-sacks\/","title":{"rendered":"biography: Oliver Sacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/6320\/1281\/1600\/sacks2b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/6320\/1281\/200\/sacks2b.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>I&#8217;m writing a brief biographical article about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oliversacks.com\/\">Oliver Sacks<\/a> for a forthcoming academic encyclopedia.  It&#8217;s a thrill to be delving deep into the life and writings of one of my favorite authors.  A few years ago <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mike_Davis_%28scholar%29\">Mike Davis<\/a> sent one of my essays to his editor, describing my writing style as akin to Oliver Sacks&#8217;.  I walked on clouds for a few weeks after that.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a list of Sacks&#8217; major publications.  You probably know him best as Robin Williams&#8217; character from the movie &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0099077\/\">Awakenings<\/a>&#8221; (based on his novel with the same title).  I suggest that you explore a few of his books.  <span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?link_code=ur2&#038;tag=pilgrimgirl-20&amp;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&amp;location=%2FA-Leg-Stand-On%2Fdp%2F0684853957%2Fsr%3D8-8%2Fqid%3D1157521676%2Fref%3Dpd_bbs_8%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks\">A Leg to Stand On<\/a><\/span> is my personal favorite. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat<\/span> is probaby his most popular book.  It&#8217;s good reading, too!<\/p>\n<p>Sacks, Oliver. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?link_code=ur2&#038;tag=pilgrimgirl-20&amp;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&amp;location=%2FAn-Anthropologist-On-Mars-Seven-Paradoxical-Tales-Vintage%2Fdp%2F0679756973%2Fsr%3D8-2%2Fqid%3D1157521676%2Fref%3Dpd_bbs_2%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks\">An Anthropologist on Mars<\/a>: Seven Paradoxical Tales. New York: Vintage, 1996.<br \/>&#8212;. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?link_code=ur2&#038;tag=pilgrimgirl-20&amp;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&amp;location=%2FAwakenings-Vintage%2Fdp%2F0375704051%2Fsr%3D8-4%2Fqid%3D1157521676%2Fref%3Dpd_bbs_4%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks\">Awakenings<\/a>. New York: Summit Books, 1987.<br \/>&#8212;. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?link_code=ur2&#038;tag=pilgrimgirl-20&amp;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&amp;location=%2FA-Leg-Stand-On%2Fdp%2F0684853957%2Fsr%3D8-8%2Fqid%3D1157521676%2Fref%3Dpd_bbs_8%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks\">A Leg to Stand On<\/a>. New York: HarperPerennial, 1990.<br \/>&#8212;. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?link_code=ur2&#038;tag=pilgrimgirl-20&amp;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&amp;location=%2FMigraine-Vintage%2Fdp%2F037570406X%2Fsr%3D8-6%2Fqid%3D1157521676%2Fref%3Dpd_bbs_6%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks\">Migraine<\/a>. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992.<br \/>&#8212;. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?link_code=ur2&#038;tag=pilgrimgirl-20&amp;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&amp;location=%2FOaxaca-Journal-National-Geographic-Directions%2Fdp%2F0792242084%2Fsr%3D8-9%2Fqid%3D1157521676%2Fref%3Dpd_bbs_9%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks\">Oaxaca Journal<\/a>. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic, 2002.<br \/>&#8212;. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?link_code=ur2&#038;tag=pilgrimgirl-20&amp;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&amp;location=%2FSeeing-Voices-Vintage%2Fdp%2F0375704078%2Fsr%3D8-5%2Fqid%3D1157521676%2Fref%3Dpd_bbs_5%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks\">Seeing Voices<\/a>: A Journey into the World of the Deaf. New York: Harper Perennial, 1990.<br \/>&#8212;. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?link_code=ur2&#038;tag=pilgrimgirl-20&amp;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&amp;location=%2F-Island-Colorblind-Vintage%2Fdp%2F0375700730%2Fsr%3D8-7%2Fqid%3D1157521676%2Fref%3Dpd_bbs_7%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks\">Island of the Colorblind<\/a>; and, Cycad Island. New York: Vintage Books, 1998.<br \/>&#8212;. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?link_code=ur2&#038;tag=pilgrimgirl-20&amp;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&amp;location=%2F-Man-Who-Mistook-His-Wife-A-Hat-Other-Clinical-Tales%2Fdp%2F0684853949%2Fsr%3D8-1%2Fqid%3D1157521676%2Fref%3Dpd_bbs_1%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks\">The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat<\/a>: And Other Clinical Tales. New York: Touchstone, 1998.<br \/>&#8212;. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?link_code=ur2&#038;tag=pilgrimgirl-20&amp;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&amp;location=%2FUncle-Tungsten-Memories-a-Chemical-Boyhood-Vintage%2Fdp%2F0375704043%2Fsr%3D8-13%2Fqid%3D1157521676%2Fref%3Dsr_1_13%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks\">Uncle Tungsten<\/a>: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m writing a brief biographical article about Oliver Sacks for a forthcoming academic encyclopedia. It&#8217;s a thrill to be delving deep into the life and writings of one of my favorite authors. A few years ago Mike Davis sent one of my essays to his editor, describing my writing style as akin to Oliver Sacks&#8217;. 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