| The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer | |
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| Author(s) | Siddhartha Mukherjee |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject(s) | Cancer |
| Genre(s) | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Scribner |
| Publication date | November 16, 2010 |
| Pages | 592 |
| ISBN | 978-1-4391-0795-9 |
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer is a book written by Siddhartha Mukherjee, an Indian-born American physician and oncologist. Published in 2010 by Scribner, it won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction: the jury said the book was elegantly written.[1][2] The book weaves together Mukherjee's experiences as a hematology/oncology fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital as well as the history of cancer treatment and research.[2][3] Mukherjee states that two of his influences for the book were Randy Shilts' And the Band Played On and Richard Rhodes' The Making of the Atomic Bomb, but the defining moment for him was "when he conceived of his book as a biography".[4]
It was shortlisted for the 2011 Wellcome Trust Book Prize, which honors "the best of medicine in literature".