Manu Joseph is an Indian journalist, novelist and screenwriter. He is a columnist for the International New York Times and the Hindustan Times.
Wiki/Biography
Manu Joseph was born on Monday, July 22, 1974 in Kottayam, Kerala (49 years old; as of 2023) and grew up in Chennai. He completed his degree in Literature from Loyola College, Chennai. Later, he entered Madras Christian College to study journalism, but dropped out and became a staff writer for Society magazine. In 2007, he received the Chevening Scholarship, an international scholarship funded by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, to study at a British university. At the age of 21, he moved to Mumbai and currently lives in Gurgaon, a startup satellite city in New Delhi, India.
family
He belongs to a Tamil Brahmin family.
Parents and siblings
Manu Joseph’s father Joseph Madapally is a film producer who directed the Malayalam film Thoranam. Not much information is available about his mother and siblings.
wife and children
There is not much information about his wife. He has a daughter named Kavya.
Manu Joseph’s daughter
religion
Manu Joseph is a Christian (Catholic).
Profession
In 2010, Manu Joseph’s first satirical caste novel, A Serious Man, was published by HarperCollins India. His second novel, The Illegal Happiness of Others, was published by The Fourth Estate in September 2012. Manu Joseph also wrote the screenplay for the film Love Khichdi (2009). In 2017, his book “Miss Leila, Armed and Dangerous” was published by Myriad Editions. Manu Joseph is the former editor of Open magazine. In January 2014, Manu resigned from his position as editor of Open magazine.
Awards, Honors, Achievements
- In 2010, Manu Joseph won the Hindu Literature Award for his first novel, Serious Men (2010), and was shortlisted for the Mann Asia Serious Men’s Literature Award.
- The American progressive news website “HuffPost” listed “Serris Man” among the top ten books of 2010.
- In 2011, the book Serious People was shortlisted for the Bollinger Wodehouse Award for Everyman.
- His novel A Serious Man (2010) won the Open Book Award from PEN America, the largest branch of the international literary and human rights organization.
- In 2013, his book The Illicit Happiness of Others (2012) was shortlisted for the Hindu Literary Award.
Facts/Trivia
- His debut novel A Serious Man (2010) has been adapted into a feature film by Sudhir Mishra.
- Manu is the writer of the comedy-genre web series Unhooked, which was released on Netflix on December 17, 2021. Nawazuddin Siddiqui stars in director Sudhir Mishra’s film adaptation of Manu Joseph’s book A Serious Man.
- The novel “A Serious Man” was named one of the best books of 2010 by The Independent and The California Chronicle.
- Manu Joseph writes his satires in a sarcastic tone. He revealed in an interview,
I admit I’m being sarcastic. My definition of sarcasm is somewhat exaggerated. One thing I try to avoid is some kind of exaggeration. Sometimes it’s needed for stylistic reasons such as humour, comedy or drama, but otherwise my only interest is in capturing reality and absurdity. Irony is a greater exaggeration of reality. For example, the movie Don’t Look Up on Netflix. “
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