books, reviews on famous writers and a translation of hamlet john william polidori (1795–1821) personal physician of lord byron and author of the vampyre, the first vampire story in english jose p. rizal (1861–1896) filipino polymath, nationalist and the most prominent advocate for reforms in the philippines during the spanish colonial era; a polyglot conversant in at least ten languages, he was a prolific poet, essayist, diarist, correspondent, and novelist whose most famous works were his two novels, noli me tangere and el filibusterismo sir ronald ross (1857–1932) a "renaissance man"; demonstrated the life cycle of the malarial parasite; made contributions in pure and epidemiologic mathematics, and wrote novels, plays and poetry mokichi saitō (1882–1953) japanese poet of the taishō period, a member of araragi school; by the time of his death, he had written 17 collections of poems and 17,907 poems; family doctor of author ryūnosuke akutagawa and assisted in his suicide; novelist kita morio is his second son milan savić (1845–1930) serbian writer and physician. arthur schnitzler (1862–1931) jewish-austrian writer and dramatist. stanley kubrick's 1999 film eyes wide shut is based on schnitzler's rhapsod; schnitzler's la ronde also spawned film versions. albert schweitzer (1875–1965) german theologian, philosopher, organist, musicologist and medical missionary to africa victor segalen (1878–1919) french ethnographer, archeologist, writer, poet, explorer, art-theorist, linguist, literary critic jan jacob slauerhoff (1898-1936) dutch author, poet, ship's doctor jovan stejić (1803–1853) serbian writer and physician. henry thompson, (1820–1904) indefatigable british polymath, scholar and novelist margaret todd (c. 1859 – 1918) scottish writer and doctor who wrote under the pen name graham travers and published several novels including mona maclean, medical student. john todhunter (1839–1916) irish poet and playwright shaul tchernichovsky (1875–1943) jewish-russian military physician during the first world war; decorated by the russian government; nomadic life spent writing, translating, editing adolfo valderrama (1834–1902) chilean man of letters and senator vladislav vančura (1891–1942) czech author, scriptwriter and film director frederik willem van eeden (1860–1932) started a literary periodical, founded an agricultural colony, translated rabindranath tagore's work into dutch, and wrote social and literary treatises in addition to fiction, poetry, and plays simon vestdijk (1898–1971) a dutch doctor, writer, poet and translator. ernst weiß (1882–1940) jewish-austrian writer, friend of kafka, died by his own hand in paris in 1940 as the nazis entered the city william carlos williams (1883–1963) american poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright and essayist; in 1963 he won a posthumous pulitzer prize for poetry charlotte wolff (1897–1986) jewish-german psychoanalyst and sexologist, author of poetry and novels, and one of few scientifically trained investigators of the diagnostic significance of the hand (studies in handreading, 1936) francis brett young (1884–1954) english novelist and poet 20th century boy-żeleński edelman el saadawi elyashev freud garden jung korczak r.d. laing lem levi mccall smith mitra sacks schweitzer scliar spock strauss and daughter vančura williams wilson kōbō abe (1924–1993) japanese author known for his surrealistic, kafkaesque style keith ablow, new york times best-selling author dannie abse (1923–2014) welsh chest specialist who is also one of europe's most prolific doctor-poets vassily aksyonov (1932–2009) russian novelist who was forced to emigrate from the soviet union in 1980 antónio lobo antunes (born 1942) psychiatrist and leading portuguese writer jacob m. appel (born 1973), american short story writer daniel amen, psychiatrist, new york times author janet asimov (1926–2019, janet opal jeppson) american science fiction author and psychoanalyst, wife of isaac asimov brian andrews (born 1955), neurosurgeon, novelist alaa al aswany (born 1957), egyptian writer and practicing dentist ba'al machshavot: see israel isidor elyashev arnie baker (born 1953 in montreal, canada) is a bicycle coach, racer and writer christiaan neethling barnard (1922–2001) south african cardiac surgeon, famous for performing the world's first successful human-to-human heart transplant martin bax (born 1933) british founder and editor of the literary journal ambit (1959); a developmental pediatrician and editor of the journal, developmental and child neurology. he is also author of the cult novel, the hospital ship. eric berne (1910–70), psychiatrist who created transactional analysis; author of games people play. tadeusz boy-żeleński (1874–1941) polish gynecologist, journalist, poet, most famous as the translator of over 100 french literary classics into polish. rafael campo (born 1964) director of the harvard program in the medical humanities; his practice serves mostly latinos, gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender people, and people with hiv ethan canin (born 1960) american short story writer and novelist; author of emperor of the air, carry me across the water, and other works louis-ferdinand céline (louis-ferdinand destouches, 1894–1961), french physician and author of voyage au bout de la nuit deepak chopra (born 1946) indian writer on spirituality and mind-body medicine don coldsmith (1926–2009) american author of primarily western fiction; past president of western writers of america robert coles (born 1929) american author, child psychiatrist, and professor at harvard university alex comfort (1920–2000) british writer and poet, author of the joy of sex and a science fiction novel, tetrarch robin cook (born 1940), american author of best-selling novels, including coma; nearly all his books deal with hot medical issues of the day, from bioterrorism to organ donation michael crichton (1942–2008) american author of jurassic park harvey cushing (1869–1939) american neurosurgeon, won pulitzer prize for his biography of sir william osler theodore dalrymple, pen name of anthony daniels (born 1949). conservative writer, author of spoilt rotten: the toxic cult of sentimentality, among others. retired british prison doctor and psychiatrist. colin douglas (born 1945) pseudonym of a scottish novelist, colin thomas currie; frequent british medical journal contributor halbert l. dunn (1896–1975) authored high level wellness (1961). marek edelman (1922–2009) polish sociopolitical activist, memoirist, last leader of the 1943 warsaw ghetto uprising. nawal el saadawi (1931–2021) egyptian feminist who wrote many books on the subject of women in islam israel isidor elyashev (1873–1924; pen-name: ba'al machshavot, hebrew for "the thinker" (בעל מחשבות): lithuanian neurologist; pioneer of hebrew and yiddish literature; known as the first yiddish literary critic, publisher, translator (translated theodor herzl's altneuland from german into yiddish) and forerunner of the zionist movement frantz fanon (1925–1961) born in martinique, who wrote books on the psychology of colonial oppression, notably the wretched of the earth. jacques ferron (1921–85) canadian author who founded the parti rhinocéros, which he described as "an intellectual guerrilla party" michael fitzwilliam, pseudonym of j. b. lyons (1922–1997), professor of medical history at the royal college of surgeons of ireland, who wrote fiction in the 1960s alice weaver flaherty (born ) american neurologist, author of the midnight disease: the drive to write, writer's block, and the creative brain viktor frankl (1905–1997) austrian neurologist and psychiatrist, author of man's search for meaning sigmund freud (1856–1939), austrian psychoanalyst, author of many books prized as much for their literary qualities. graeme garden (born 1943) british comedy writer and performer from scotland, actor, television director, and author, he became well known as a member of the goodies comedy trio; author of a novel the seventh man tess gerritsen (born 1953) american writer of gothic thrillers with a medical theme peter goldsworthy (1951) australian writer who has won many awards for his short stories, poetry, novels, and opera libretti richard gordon, pen name of gordon ostlere (1921–2017) english author of novels, screenplays for film and television and accounts of popular history; most famous for comic novels on a medical theme starting with doctor in the house, and their film, television and stage adaptations; the alarming history of medicine was published in 1993 followed by the alarming history of sex john grant (born 1933) english author who writes under the pen name jonathan gash. he is the author of the lovejoy series of novels lars johan wictor gyllensten (1921–2006) swedish author and physician, and a member of the swedish academy miroslav holub (1923–1998) czech poet, heavily influenced by his experiences as an immunologist, wrote many poems using his scientific knowledge to poetic effect richard hooker (1924–1997) american writer and surgeon who wrote under the pseudonym richard hooker. his most famous work was mash (1968) khaled hosseini (born 1965) afghanistan-born american novelist; author of the bestsellers the kite runner and a thousand splendid suns wil huygen (1923–2009) dutch author and painter, best known for the picture books on gnomes yusuf idris, also yusif idris (1927–91) egyptian writer of plays, short stories, and novels who wrote realistic stories about ordinary and poor people. many of his works are in the egyptian vernacular, and he was considered a master of the short story p. c. jersild (born 1935) swedish writer, best known for barnens ö (the island of the children) filmed in 1980 by kay pollak alice jones, american poet, practiced internal medicine, psychiatry, now psychoanalysis. co-editor of apogee press. carl jung (1875–1961), austrian psychoanalyst and author. james kahn (born 1947), american writer, best known for his novelization of return of the jedi, poltergeist and indiana jones and the temple of doom. he has also written for well-known television series such as melrose place, star trek: the next generation, st. elsewhere and e/r christopher kasparek (born 1945), scottish-born writer of polish descent who has edited and translated works by ignacy krasicki, bolesław prus, florian znaniecki, władysław tatarkiewicz, marian rejewski, and władysław kozaczuk, as well as the constitution of 3 may 1791. harold l. klawans (1937–98), professor of neurology and pharmacology, author of nonfiction and fiction works; wrote chekhov's lie, about the challenges of combining a medical career with writing bernard knight, cbe (born 1931) has written about thirty books, including contemporary crime fiction, historical novels about wales, biography, non-fiction popular works on forensic medicine, twelve medico-legal textbooks and the current highly acclaimed crowner john mysteries series of 12th-century historical mysteries ronald david laing (1927–89) scottish psychiatrist who wrote extensively on mental illness and particularly the experience of psychosis stanisław lem (1921–2006) polish science fiction, philosophical and satirical writer whose books have been translated into 41 languages and have sold over 27 million copies carlo levi (1902–1975) italian non practising physician, active anti-fascist, painter, novelist, essayist, author of the influential novel christ stopped at eboli robert jay lifton (born 1926) psychiatrist and author, chiefly known for his studies of the psychological causes and effects of wars and political violence edward lowbury (1913–2007) english bacteriologist and pathologist who was also a published poet and wrote criticism and biography john e. mack (1929–2004) pulitzer prize-winning biographer, also considered an authority on the spiritual or transformational effects of alleged alien-encounter experiences adeline yen mah (born 1937) chinese-american author j. nozipo maraire (born 1966) zimbabwean writer; author of zenzele: a letter for my daughter félix martí ibáñez (1912–1972) spanish author and minister for the republic during the spanish civil war; exiled during franco's era, he became a united states citizen and published the popular md magazine in 1950s alexander mccall smith, cbe, frse, (born 1948) rhodesian-born scottish writer and emeritus professor of medical law at the university of edinburgh, scotland; writer of fiction, most widely known as the creator of the no. 1 ladies' detective agency series keith mccarthy (born 1960) british author of crime novels jed mercurio (born 1966) british writer who also writes under the name john macure; created the television series cardiac arrest and bodies; has also written and directed for the grimleys sir jonathan wolfe miller, cbe (1934–2019) british theatre and opera director, author, television presenter, humorist and sculptor amitabh mitra (born 1955) south african poet of indian origin, working at cecilia makiwane hospital in mdantsane township merrill moore (1903–57) contributor to the fugitive, became a member of the great literary circle that started the "modern southern literature," the southern agrarian movement; most prolific sonneteer ever, he wrote over forty thousand sonnets fernando goncalves namora (1919–1989) was a portuguese writer and medical doctor. taslima nasrin (also spelled taslima nasreen and popularly referred to as 'taslima', born 1962) bengali bangladeshi author and feminist who writes about the treatment of women in islam; lives in exile in india and has received death threats from fundamentalists josef nesvadba (1926–2005) czech science fiction writer, the best known from the 1960s generation; pioneer of group psychotherapy in czechoslovakia antónio agostinho neto (1922–79), first president of angola (1975–1979), leader of the popular movement for the liberation of angola (mpla) and celebrated poet abioseh nicol (davidson nicol) (1924–94) sierra leonean academic, diplomat, writer and poet alan e. nourse (1928–1992) american science fiction author sherwin nuland (1930–2014) american author who taught bioethics and medicine at the