Manil Suri
Manil Suri (born 1959) is an Indian–American mathematician and novelist. Born in Bombay (Mumbai), he is a professor of mathematics at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and the author of a trilogy of novels named for Hindu gods — The Death of Vishnu, The Age of Shiva, and The City of Devi — as well as the nonfiction book The Big Bang of Numbers. His debut novel, The Death of Vishnu, was longlisted for the Booker Prize and won the Barnes & Noble Discover Award; his work has been shortlisted for several major prizes and translated into multiple languages.
Awards
['Barnes & Noble Discover Award', 'McKitterick Prize', 'PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize (co-winner)']
Notable Works
['The Death of Vishnu', 'The Age of Shiva', 'The City of Devi', 'The Big Bang of Numbers: How to Build the Universe Using Only Maths']
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