Manil Suri
1959
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photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United States of America
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Carnegie Mellon University, University of Mumbai
occupation: mathematician, novelist, university teacher, writer
award received: Guggenheim Fellowship
influenced by: Michael Cunningham
Manil Suri (born July 1959) is an Indian-American mathematician and writer of a trilogy of novels all named for Hindu gods. His first novel, The Death of Vishnu (2001), which was long-listed for the 2001 Booker Prize, short-listed for the 2002 PEN/Faulkner Award and won the Barnes & Noble Discover Prize that year. Since then, he has published two more novels, The Age of Shiva (2008) and The City of Devi (2013), completing the trilogy. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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