Anil Menon Explained

Anil Menon
Birth Place:Kerala, India
Occupation:Writer
Period:2000s–present
Genre:Speculative fiction, science fiction, children's literature
Notableworks:Into the Night, Love In A Hot Climate, The Poincaré Sutra, The Beast With Nine Billion Feet, "The Coincidence Plot"

Anil Menon is an Indian computer scientist and writer of speculative fiction. He has authored research papers and edited books on evolutionary algorithms. His research, in collaboration with Kishan Mehrotra, Chilukuri Mohan, and Sanjay Ranka, addresses the mathematical foundations of replicator systems, majorization, and reconstruction of probabilistic databases. His short stories and reviews have appeared in the anthology series Exotic Gothic, Strange Horizons, Interzone, Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Chiaroscuro, Sybil's Garage, Apex Digest, and others.

In 2009, Zubaan Books, India's leading feminist press, published his debut young adult novel The Beast With Nine Billion Feet. It was shortlisted for the 2010 Vodafone Crossword Book Award and the 2010 Parallax Prize.[1] [2] In 2009, in conjunction with Vandana Singh and Suchitra Mathur, he helped organize India's first in-residence, three-week speculative fiction workshop at IIT-Kanpur. He co-edited the anthology Breaking the Bow.[3] [4]

He is the author of the short story collection The Inconceivable Idea Of The Sun: Stories[5] [6] Menon’s novel, Half of What I Say[7] [8] was shortlisted for the 2016 The Hindu Literary Prize[9] . The Coincidence Plot (2013)[10] is his latest novel.

Along with Pervin Saket and Akshat Nigam, Menon co-founded the Kolam Writers' Workshop (previously called the Dum Pukht Writers’ Workshop). This annual two-week residential workshop, currently in its fifth iteration, is held at the Adishakti Theatre Complex in the former French colony Puducherry (Pondicherry) in Tamil Nadu.

He is editor-in-chief of The Bombay Literary Magazine.

Works

Short fiction

Children's fiction

Novels

Anthologies

Articles

Interviews

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2015-01-25 . Carl Brandon Society Awards . 2023-08-16 . Carl Brandon Society . en-US.
  2. Web site: Vodafone-Crossword book award nominees announced - Books - Books News - ibnlive . 11 April 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110812014741/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/vodafonecrossword-book-award-nominees-announced/126004-40-100.html . 12 August 2011 . dead .
  3. Web site: 2023-04-25 . Breaking the Bow: Speculative Fiction Inspired by the Ramayana . 2023-08-16 . Zubaan . en-US.
  4. Web site: Book review: Breaking the Bow . 2023-08-16 . DNA India . en.
  5. Web site: Hachette India . 2023-08-16 . www.hachetteindia.com.
  6. Web site: Fluid realities . 2023-08-16 . www.telegraphindia.com . en.
  7. Web site: December 2016 . Gautam Bhatia Issue: 12 . 2016-12-14 . Half of What I Say by Anil Menon . 2023-08-16 . Strange Horizons . en.
  8. Web site: bloomsbury.com . Half of What I Say . 2023-08-16 . Bloomsbury . en.
  9. News: 2016-10-15 . Shortlist for The Hindu Prize 2016 announced . en-IN . The Hindu . 2023-08-16 . 0971-751X.
  10. Web site: Menon . Anil . 2023-06-05 . This new novel weaves a tale through multiple cities and lives connected by strange coincidences . 2023-08-16 . Scroll.in . en-US.

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