Jose Punnamparambil

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Jose Punnamparambil
Born (1936-05-10) 10 May 1936 (age 87)
Irinjalakkuda, Thrissur district, Kerala
Occupationjournalist, translaor
NationalityIndian
Genre Translation
Notable awards Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions
SpouseSosamma
Children2

Jose Punnamparambil is a senior European journalist and translator from Kerala, India. He has been translating Malayalam works into German for 52 years. [1] In 2018, he received Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for overall contributions to the Malayalam literature.

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Biography

Jose Punnamparambil was born in 1936 May 10, at Edukkalam near Irinjalakkuda in Thrissur district. [1] He immigrated to Germany with a media study scholarship in 1966, after graduating with a degree in English Literature from the University of Mumbai. [2]

While training in social work and journalism, he worked as a government official and college teacher in Mumbai. [2] He worked for five years in Germany as a freelance journalist and has been a member of the advisory board of the Indo-German Society for the past 16 years. [2]

While in Germany, Jose published a Malayalam periodical named Nadan Kath literally meaning local letter. [1] The publication Ente Lokam (Meaning: my world) which he started in 1973 is still being published in Germany as Nammude Lokam (Meaning: our world). [1] He also published German translation of Ente lokam named Mein Welt in 1984. [1]

His contributions include 20 books and documentaries in German and Malayalam. [1] In 2014, Jose made a documentary titled Translated Lives, which chronicles the life of Malayalee nurses who immigrated to Germany from 1960 onwards. [3] This documentary was well received. [1] His documentary Ariyapedatha Jeevithangal (The Unknown Lives) is based on migration of Catholic nuns from Kerala to Germany in the 1970s. [4]

Jose was instrumental in establishing a Malayalam Literary Chair named after Herman Gundert at the University of Tübingen. [1] He studied Malayalam literature for the Nobel Prize Committee and formed the Literature Forum India in Germany. [1]

Family

He and his wife Sosamma have two children. [2] They lives in Unkel in Germany. [1]

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Awards and honors

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