The Danish Notebook

By Michael Palmer

*Of interest to people interested in philosophy, travel, translation, European literature, and poetics.
*Author received the 2006 Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets.
*Author of more than a dozen award-winning poetry collections
*translator of experimental poetry and philosophical texts
*long career collaborating with dancers, painters, and other artists

• Language: English
• Publisher: Nightboat Books
• Release date: Mar 8, 2023
• ISBN: 9781643621876

Michael Palmer

Michael Palmer (1942-2013) wrote internationally bestselling novels of medical suspense, including The First Patient, The Second Opinion, The Last Surgeon, A Heartbeat Away, Oath of Office and Political Suicide. His book Extreme Measures was adapted into a movie starring Hugh Grant and Gene Hackman. His books have been translated into thirty-five languages. Palmer earned his bachelor's degree at Wesleyan University, and he attended medical school at Case Western Reserve University. He trained in internal medicine at Boston City and Massachusetts General Hospitals. He spent twenty years as a full-time practitioner of internal and emergency medicine. In addition to his writing, Palmer was an associate director of the Massachusetts Medical Society Physician Health Services, devoted to helping physicians troubled by mental illness, physical illness, behavioral issues, and chemical dependency. He lived in eastern Massachusetts.

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