Manu Joseph
Manu Joseph | |
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| Education | Loyola College, Chennai |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist and Author |
Manu Joseph (born 1974)[1] is an Indian journalist and writer. He is the current editor of OPEN magazine. His debut novel "Serious Men" [2] was shortlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize and won the 2010 The Hindu Literary Prize. It was included in Huffington Post 's 10 best books of 2010.[3] In 2011, it was shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize. He also received the PEN Open Book Award for the novel in 2011.
His second novel 'The Illicit Happiness of Other People' was published in September 2012. [4] The autobiographical [5] novel has been described as 'a quirky and darkly comic take on domestic life in southern India.'
Joseph was born in Kottayam, Kerala and grew up in Chennai. He is a graduate of Loyola College, Chennai and dropped out of Madras Christian College to become a staff writer at Society magazine.[1] He has been the features editor of The Times of India and has written for The Independent and Wired. In 2007, he was a Chevening Scholar.[6] He currently lives in Delhi.[1]
Works
Novels
- Serious Men. Harper Collins India, 2010. ISBN 8172238525.
- The Illicit Happiness of Other People. Fourth Estate, 2012. ISBN 9350293641.
References
- ^ a b c "About the Author". manujoseph.com. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
- ^ Page, Benedicte. "Manu Joseph's controversial tale of caste wins Indian literary prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
- ^ "Manu Joseph Serious Men, 2010 Shortlist". The Man Asian Literary Prize. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
- ^ "Manu Joseph The Illicit Happiness of Other People". The Hindu Prize. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
- ^ "Waking the dead". HT Review. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
- ^ "Slimme mannen – Manu Joseph". literairnederland. Retrieved 15 November 2011.