Sarah Joseph (author)

Sarah Joseph (author)

Sarah Joseph (Malayalam: സാറ ജോസഫ്) (born 1946) is a novelist and short story writer in Malayalam. She won the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award for her novel Aalahayude Penmakkal (Daughters of God the Father).[1] She also received the Vayalar Award for the same novel.[2] Sarah has been at the forefront of the feminist movement in Kerala and is the founder of Manushi – organisation of thinking women.[1][3] She along with Madhavikutty (Kamala Surayya) is considered leading women storytellers in Malayalam.[4]

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Early life and career

Sarah Joseph was born into a conservative Christian family at Kuriachira in Thrissur city in 1946 to Louis and Kochumariam.[1][4] She went for the teacher’s training course and began her professional career as a school teacher. Later she did her M.A. in Malayalam and joined the collegiate service in Kerala. She served as a Professor of Malayalam at Sanskrit College, Pattambi. She has retired from government service and lives at Mulamkunnathukavu in Thrissur district.

Literary career

Sarah Joseph’s literary career began very early, while she was in her High School. Many of her poems appeared in Malayalam weeklies. She was also good at reciting her poems at poets’ meets which was much appreciated by poets like Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon and Edasseri Govindan Nair.[1] After a short period of uncertainty she took to fiction and began writing short stories. Her collection of short stories Paapathara is considered a milestone in feminist writing in Malayalam.[3]

She has published a trilogy of novel which includes, Aalahayude Penmakkal, Mattathi, and Othappu. Her works are essentially liberalistic, and have always been powerful enough to convey the pathetic of any suppressed group.[5] The novel Otahppu is about a woman's yearning for a true understanding of spirituality and her own sexuality.[6] Othappu has been translated into English by Valson Thampu with title "Othappu : The Scent of the Other Side".[7][8] Her novel Aalahayude Penmakkal (Daughters of God the Father) won her three major awards the Kerala Sahitya Academy Award, the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award, and the Vayalar Award.[2] In 2011, Sarah won Muttathu Varkey Award for her collection of short stories titled Papathara.[9]

She has won much critical acclaim for her Ramayana Kathakal, a subversive reading of the Ramayana. This work has been translated into English and was published by Oxford University Press.[10][11][12]

Selected works

Short stories
  • Manassile Thee Matram (1973)
  • Kadinte Sangeetham (1975, anthology of short stories)
  • Paapathara
  • Oduvilathe Suryakanthi
  • Nilavu Nirayunnu
  • Puthuramayanam
  • Kaadithu Kandaayo Kaanthaa
  • Nanmathinmakalude Wriksham (anthology of short stories)
Novel
  • Thaikulam
  • Aalaahayude Penmakkal
  • Maattaathi
  • Othappu
  • Aathi[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Panjikaran, Mariamma. "Sarah Joseph - A writer of women, for women". Government of Kerala. http://www.kerala.gov.in/keralacallfeb04/p30-31.pdf. Retrieved 20 March 2010. 
  2. ^ a b "Sarah Joseph bags Vayalar Award". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 10 October 2004. http://www.hindu.com/2004/10/10/stories/2004101009940400.htm. Retrieved 20 March 2010. 
  3. ^ a b "Women's Writing - Sarah Joseph". womenswriting.com. http://www.womenswriting.com/WomensWriting/AuthorProfileDetail.asp?AuthorID=10. Retrieved 20 March 2010. 
  4. ^ a b D. Babu Paul (19 July 2009). "Cross Examination". Indian Express. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/cross-examination/490684/0. Retrieved 20 March 2010. 
  5. ^ "Novel and Short Story to the Present Day". malayalamresourcecentre.org. http://www.malayalamresourcecentre.org/Mrc/literature/novel.html. Retrieved 20 March 2010. 
  6. ^ "Othappu : The Scent of the Other Side". vedamsbooks.com. http://www.vedamsbooks.com/no61488.htm. Retrieved 20 March 2010. 
  7. ^ "Wages of freedom". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 6 September 2009. http://www.hindu.com/lr/2009/09/06/stories/2009090650140400.htm. Retrieved 20 March 2010. 
  8. ^ "Veiled passions: 'Othappu' by Sarah Joseph and 'Amen' by Sister Jesme". himalmag.com. http://www.himalmag.com/Veiled-passions-Othappu-by-Sarah-Joseph-and-Amen-by-Sister-Jesme_nw3609.html. Retrieved 20 March 2010. 
  9. ^ "Sarah Joseph wins Muttathu Varkey Award". Malayala Manorama. 28 April 2011. http://english.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?tabId=0&programId=1080132912&contentId=9232597&contentType=EDITORIAL. Retrieved 2 May 2011. 
  10. ^ "Retelling the Ramayana". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 21 August 2005. http://www.hindu.com/2005/08/21/stories/2005082101820200.htm. Retrieved 20 March 2010. 
  11. ^ Smith, Bonnie G. (2008). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History: Kaffka. 3. Oxford University Press. pp. 570. http://books.google.co.in/books?id=LgPYAAAAMAAJ&q=sarah+joseph+malayalam&dq=sarah+joseph+malayalam&cd=19. Retrieved 20 March 2010. 
  12. ^ "Bridging cultures". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 14 March 2006. http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/03/14/stories/2006031400250600.htm. Retrieved 20 March 2010. 
  13. ^ K. Santhosh (2011-07-04). "Water of love seeps through". The Hindu. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article2157429.ece. Retrieved 2011-07-12. 
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