Manil Suri
Manil Suri (born July 1959 , today in Bombay Mumbai ) is an American writer and Mathematics - Professor of Indian descent .
Life
Manil Suri studied mathematics at the University of Bombay . At the age of twenty he left India for the United States. He continued his studies at Carnegie-Mellon University . Since 1994 he has been Professor of Mathematics at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County . His research focuses on the numerical treatment of partial differential equations , especially with a view to practical application.
Literary works
In 2001 Suri's first novel, The Death of Vishnu , appeared in German translation under the title Vishnus Tod . Suri started working on the work in 1995. It is based on the true story of a man who lived and died on the steps of the apartment building where Suri grew up.
Overview:
- The Death of Vishnu: A Novel (WW Norton, 2001), German: Vishnus Tod, btb-verlag 2009, ISBN 978-3-442-74036-9
- The Age of Shiva: A Novel (WW Norton, 2008), German: Shiva, Luchterhand-Verlag 2009
- The City of Devi: A Novel (WW Norton, 2013)
Awards
- In 2001 Suri won the Rolf Heyne Book Prize for his debut novel.
- In 2002 Suri and two other authors received the Robert Bingham Scholarship from the American PEN Center to support him in his work on his second book.
- In 2013 “The City of Devi” received the Bad Sex in Fiction Award .
Web links
- Literature by and about Manil Suri in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage Manil Suri to the book The Death of Vishnu (English)
- Academic Website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bad Sex Award: Orgy in the face of a nuclear threat , Spiegel online . Retrieved December 4, 2013.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Suri, Manil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer and math professor of Indian descent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bombay, today Mumbai |