what is the profession of oliver sacks and explain his Literary work briefly?
Since 1970, Oliver Sacks has been writing books about his experience with neurological patients. Sacks’s writings have been translated into over two dozen languages. In addition to his books, Sacks is a regular contributor to The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books, as well as other medical, scientific, and general publications.[10][11][12] He was awarded the Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science in 2001. Sacks’s work has been featured in a “broader range of media than those of any other contemporary medical author”[14] and in 1990, The New York Times said he “has become a kind of poet laureate of contemporary medicine”.[15] His descriptions of people coping with and adapting to neurological conditions or injuries often illuminate the ways in which the normal brain deals with perception, memory and individuality.
www.oliversacks.com Oliver Sacks is one amazing neurologist – familiar works you may have seen are Awakenings based on his work and The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat. He has in his work been able to unlock the ‘secrets’ of mental illness and diseases of the brain and has found a way to communicate with and help patients who have been thought hopeless in the past. He has a major sense of humor, creativity, and fearlessness in pursuing his instincts in his work, often going against the tide. He has also worked with individuals with impaired hearing. Even with no background in his field of expertise, his books are amazing and a delight- we are truly blessed to have him!
