Anura C. Perera
Anura C. Perera (born 18 June 1947) is a Sri Lankan science writer and astronomer. He resides in the United States. Early life. Perera was born in Colombo to parents Aleck Fedrick Perera and Dona Charlet Benaragama. He was educated at Nalanda College, Colombo. He has an elder sister Indrani and younger brother Suraj. Career. He was deputy editor of Sri Lanka's first science magazine, "Vidumina". In 1971 he was awarded the Science award for his book "Sun & Planets".