Faces of Depression: Andrew Solomon
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Andrew Solomon
Andrew Solomon studied at Yale University, where he graduated magna cum laude in 1985, and then at Jesus College Cambridge, where he received the top first-class degree in English in his year, the only foreign student ever to be so-honored, as well as the University writing prize. He is the author of several books, including The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression, for which he won a Lambda Literary Award and a National Book Award in 2001, and was a finalist for a 2002 Pulitzer Prize. He is a fellow of the New York Institute for the Humanities.
By Andrew Solomon
Published on 06/18/2008
Excerpt from PBS
interview with Andrew Solomon.
By his mid-twenties, Solomon established
himself as a multi-disciplinary wunderkind, earning international
accolades for his work as a novelist, journalist and historian.
After the death of his mother, the then
31 year old Solomon descended into a major depression, rendering him
unable to work or even care for himself. He was helped by a combination
of medications and talk therapy.