Manil Suri, professor of mathematics, was featured in the Washington Post for his writing success. His first book, “The Death of Vishnu,” was a finalist for the 2002 PEN/Faulkner Award. Meanwhile, at his day job, he focuses on partial differential equations and numerical analysis. The secret to his success? He refuses to give up: “When I have been successful, I think perseverance is really one of the top things that has made it happen, especially when you think about math and proving theorems … You have to just think about them for a long time, develop these ideas, just kind of stare into space and hope that inspiration will come or the pieces will fit together. Writing is very similar,” Suri said.
The article, “What It Takes: A Mathematician’s Writing Success,” ran Wednesday, January 6.
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