Jose Punnamparambil
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Jose Punnamparambil | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 May 1936 |
| Occupation | journalist, translator |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Genre | Translation |
| Notable awards | Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions |
| Spouse | Sosamma |
| Children | 2 |
Jose Punnamparambil (born 10 May 1936) 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.
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]
