Dr. Henri Colt joins Everybody's Got A Story to discuss his book, Becoming Modigliani, "a myth-busting biography of Italian-Jewish artist Amedeo Modigliani." Along the way Henri answers such existential questions as “do we need another book on Modigliani? and Why write about Modigliani at all? We also receive a significant insight on the critcalness to writers of proper research, especially the planning phase.


Dr. Colt, who was raised in the US and France, is a medical doctor, writer, philosopher, award-winning medical educator and an Eagle Scout. His other activities include mountaineering, rock climbing, and adventure travel.

In addition to Becoming Modigliani, Henri has also produced An Anthology of Flash Fiction: 30 Short Stories about Life & Death, The Picture of Health: Medical Ethics and the Movies (Oxford University Press), Bronchoscopy and Central Airways Disorders: A Patient-Centered Approach (Elsevier Press), Flex-Rigid Pleuroscopy Step by Step (PMG Press), A Manual of Pleural Diseases (Raven Press), and the popular Essential Bronchoscopist Series (translated into seventeen languages).

Henri has worked, lectured, or traveled around the world, visiting more than 130 countries and all continents. His current writing projects include short stories and a textbook on ethics for Interventional Pulmonologists.