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Kalanithi finds meaning in engagement amid uncertain survival
When Breath Becomes Air argues that a life’s worth lies in sustained attention to relationships, work, and honesty about death—not in duration or achievement.
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About Paul Kalanithi
Paul Sudhir Arul Kalanithi was an American neurosurgeon, neuroscientist, 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. It was on The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Seller list for multiple weeks.
Everything about Paul Kalanithi →- Occupation
- neurosurgeon, non-fiction writer, physician, writer
- Citizenship
- India, United States
- Born
- April 1, 1977
- Died
- March 9, 2015