Paul Kalanithi

Paul Kalanithi
Paul Kalanithi
Born	April 1, 1977
Died	March 9, 2015 (aged 37)
Education	Stanford University (BA, MA); Darwin College, Cambridge (M.Phil); Yale Medical School (MD)
Occupations	Neurosurgeon; Writer;
Spouse	Lucy Goddard
Children	1
	Medical career
Institutions	Stanford University School of Medicine

Paul Sudhir Arul Kalanithi (April 1, 1977 – March 9, 2015) was an American neurosurgeon and writer. His book When Breath Becomes Air is a memoir about his life and illness with stage IV metastatic lung cancer. It was posthumously published by Random House in January 2016.^[1] It was on The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Seller list for multiple weeks.^[2]

^ Maslin, Janet (6 January 2016). "Review: In 'When Breath Becomes Air,' Dr. Paul Kalanithi Confronts an Early Death". New York Times. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
^ "Print and E-book Nonfiction". New York Times. Retrieved 10 March 2016.