Items Tagged ‘National Book Award’
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Sherman Alexie: Born with Hydrocephalus, Now a Well Known Author

Sherman Alexie, winner of a National Book Award, has just come out with a new book of short stories called “War Dances” as reported by the New York Times, LA Times, and the Colbert Report. NY Times called his last book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, a “commercial breakthrough." In this book, Alexie created a character who like himself was born with a condition called Hydrocephalus.
Posted on Dec 11, 2009 by Neurosurgery Webmaster In Blog, Pediatric Neurosurgery Blog