Oaxaca Journal

Oliver Sacks is a physician and the author of many books including The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat Awakenings (which inspired the Oscar-nominated film) and Musicophilia. Born in London and educated at Oxford he held positions at Albert Einstein College of Medicine New York University School of Medicine and was Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at Columbia University. He is the first and only Columbia University Artist and is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. In 2008 he was appointed Commander of the British Empire. His memoir On the Move was published shortly before his death in August 2015. Language: English