Andrew Solomon (b.1963) is an American writer, lecturer, and activist known for his works on politics, psychology, and culture. His writing explores mental health, identity, and social issues, earning numerous literary awards.
Born in Manhattan, New York, Solomon attended Horace Mann School, graduating cum laude in 1981. He earned a B.A. in English from Yale University (1985) and later pursued a master’s at Jesus College-Cambridge, where he completed a PhD in psychology in 2013.
His notable publications include The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression (2001,) which won the National Book Award for Nonfiction and was a Pulitzer finalist. Another acclaimed work, Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity (2012,) received the National Book Critics Circle Award and was adapted into a documentary (2017.) He has written for The New York Times, The New Yorker, Artforum, and Travel and Leisure, and served as PEN American Center President. He is currently a Professor of Clinical Psychology at Columbia University Medical Center.
Solomon also authored The Irony Tower: Soviet Artists in a Time of Glasnost (1991,) A Stone Boat (1994,) and Far and Away: How Travel Can Change the World (2016,) reflecting his global perspectives on art, politics, and personal experiences.
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Grief is depression in proportion to circumstance; depression is grief out of proportion to circumstance. It is tumbleweed distress that thrives on thin air, growing despite its detachment from the nourishing earth. It can be described only in metaphor and allegory
—Andrew Solomon
Topics: Depression
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