▁and ▁at ▁the ▁Bron x ▁Psych iat ric ▁Center . ▁ ▁S acks ▁was ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁numerous ▁best - s elling ▁books , ▁mostly ▁collections ▁of ▁case ▁studies ▁of ▁people , ▁including ▁himself , ▁ ▁with ▁ne uro log ical ▁dis orders . ▁He ▁also ▁published ▁hundreds ▁of ▁articles ▁( both ▁peer - review ed ▁scientific ▁articles ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁articles ▁for ▁a ▁general ▁audience ), ▁not ▁only ▁articles ▁about ▁ne uro log ical ▁dis orders , ▁but ▁also ▁insight ful ▁book ▁reviews ▁and ▁articles ▁about ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁science , ▁natural ▁history , ▁and ▁nature . ▁ ▁His ▁writ ings ▁have ▁been ▁featured ▁in ▁a ▁wide ▁range ▁of ▁media ; ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁called ▁him ▁a ▁" po et ▁la ure ate ▁of ▁contemporary ▁medicine ", ▁and ▁" one ▁of ▁the ▁great ▁clin ical ▁writers ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ". ▁His ▁books ▁include ▁a ▁wealth ▁of ▁narr ative ▁detail ▁about ▁his ▁experiences ▁with ▁his ▁patients ▁and ▁his ▁own ▁experiences , ▁and ▁how ▁patients ▁and ▁he ▁cop ed ▁with ▁their ▁conditions , ▁often ▁ill umin ating ▁how ▁the ▁normal ▁brain ▁de als ▁with ▁per ception , ▁memory , ▁and ▁individual ity . ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁the ▁information ▁content , ▁the ▁beauty ▁of ▁his ▁writing ▁style ▁is ▁especially ▁tre as ured ▁by ▁many ▁of ▁his ▁readers . ▁ ▁Aw aken ings ▁was ▁adapted ▁into ▁an ▁Academy ▁Award - n omin ated ▁film ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 0 , ▁st arring ▁Robin ▁Williams ▁and ▁Robert ▁De ▁N iro