Jose Punnamparambil Explained
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.
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]
Notable works
- Book: Christina Kamp & Jose Punnamparambil. Malayalam für Kerala Buch.. 2005. 978-3-89416-357-0. 1. Aufl. Bielefeld. 76721558. German.
- Book: Meine Welt - deine Welt, eine Welt für alle Erfahrungen, Einsichten und Meinungen eines indischen Migranten. 2014. Jose Punnamparambil. 978-3-937603-87-2. Heidelberg. 878165835. German.
- Book: InderKinder über das Aufwachsen und Leben in Deutschland. 2012. Urmila Goel, Jose Punnamparambil, Nisa Punnamparambil-Wolf. 978-3-937603-73-5. Heidelberg. 826577517. German.
- Book: Nachtregen Gegenwartslyrik aus Indien . 2010 . Heidelberg . 9783937603414 . German . Punnamparambil . Jose .
- Book: Bhaskara Pattelar und andere Geschichten . 2004 . Bad Honnef . 9783895021794 . Dt. Orig.-Ausg. German . Zacharia . Paul . Sakkaṟiya .
- Book: InderKinder über das Aufwachsen und Leben in Deutschland . 2012 . Heidelberg . 9783937603735 . German . Goel . Urmila . Punnamparambil . Jose . Punnamparambil-Wolf . Nisa .
- Book: Drei Blinde beschreiben den Elefanten [Kerala erzählt] . 2006 . Bad Honnef . 9783895022234 . German . Kamp . Christina .
- Book: Erwartungen - Frauenstimmen aus Indien Erzählungen, Reden und Essays . 2016 . Heidelberg . 9783945191170 . [1. Auflage] . German . Punnamparambil . Jose .
- Book: Umarme den Baum ... indische Ansichten zu Ökologie und Fortschritt . 1990 . Unkel/Rhein . 9783927905030 . German . Punnamparambil . Jose .
- Book: Malayalam (Kerala) ; Aussprache-Trainer . 2005 . Bielefeld . 9783831761067. German.
- Book: Samrudhiyil Ottakku. Olive publications. 2014. 978-9383756735. Malayalam.
- Book: Malayalikalude German Pravasam . 2014 . 978-81-85499-47-5 . 900194154 . Malayalam . Punnāmpar̲Ampil . Jōs . Māṇikkattȧ . Jōy . Kēraḷa Caritr̲a Gavēṣaṇa Kaunsil .
Awards and honors
Notes and References
- News: The man who took Malayalam to Germany . OnManorama . 2022-01-20 . 2022-01-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220120134329/https://www.onmanorama.com/districts/thrissur/2018/04/11/the-man-who-took-malayalam-to-germany.html . live .
- Web site: ജര്മന് മലയാളികള്ക്കഭിമാനമായി ജോസ് പുന്നാംപറമ്പില്. 2022-01-20. Mathrubhumi. en. 2022-01-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20220121024721/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/nri/europe/news/kerala-sahithya-award-1.2622314. live.
- Web site: ജർമൻ മലയാളികൾക്കഭിമാനമായി ജോസ് പുന്നാംപറന്പിലിനു സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി പുരസ്കാരം. 2022-01-20. www.deepika.com. en. 2022-01-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20220120134331/https://www.deepika.com/nri/Pravasi_News.aspx?nriCode=NRI2&newscode=96961. live.
- News: Muringatheri. Mini. 2018-05-04. A documentary on a past that touches a raw nerve. en-IN. The Hindu. 2022-01-20. 0971-751X. 2022-01-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20220120081928/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/a-documentary-on-a-past-that-touches-a-raw-nerve/article23764620.ece. live.
- News: ജിഎംഎഫ് സാഹിത്യ പുരസ്കാരം ജോസ് പുന്നാംപറമ്പിലിനു സമ്മാനിച്ചു . Emalayalee . 13 August 2016 . en.