The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

Name: The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
ISBN: 9781439107959

by Siddhartha Mukherjee

National Book · 2010 · Shortlist

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ScribnerNovember 16, 2010Nonfiction Science & NatureISBN 9781439107959

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction	2010	Shortlist

About This Book

Siddhartha Mukherjee's Pulitzer Prize–winning 'biography' of cancer traces the disease from its earliest recorded appearances through modern oncology. Combining patient stories from his own practice with a deep history of research, surgery, and politics, Mukherjee illuminates both the terror of cancer and the ingenuity of those who have fought it. The book won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 2011.

About the Author

Siddhartha MukherjeeUS

Siddhartha Mukherjee was born on July 21, 1970, in New Delhi, India, and is an Indian-American physician, oncologist, biologist, and author. He attended Stanford University for his undergraduate biology degree, then pursued a D.Phil. at Magdalen College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, and earned his M.D. Read more →