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{{Infobox writer 
| name = Jeevan Job Thomas
| pseudonym =
| image = Jeevan j thomas.jpg
| caption = Jeevan Job Thomas
| alt = Jeevan Job Thomas
| native_name = {{lang|ml|ജീവൻ ജോബ് തോമസ്}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1979|10|20}}
| birth_place = [[Vengola]], Kerala, India
| occupation = Writer, novelist, [[screenplay writer]]
| language = [[Malayalam]]
| alma_mater = [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mgu.ac.in/academics/schools/school-of-pure-and-applied-physics | title=School of Pure and Applied Physics}}</ref>
| nationality =
| genre = [[Thriller (genre)|Thriller]]
| subject = Science
}}

'''Jeevan Job Thomas''' is an Indian essayist, novelist, and screenwriter known for his contributions in [[malayalam]].<ref name= "MatInt">{{cite web | url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/mbifl2019/speakers/jeevan-job-thomas-mbifl-2019-1.3468665 |title=Mathrubhumi International Festival Of Letters| accessdate=6 February 2019}}</ref>

==Early life==
Jeevan Job Thomas was born on 20 October 1979 at [[Vengola]] village in the [[Ernakulam district]] of [[Kerala]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/mbifl2018/speakers/jeevan-job-thomasjeevan-job-thomas-1.2549686|title=Mathrubhumi International Festival Of Letters| date=23 January 2018}}</ref> He obtained a doctorate in physics from the School of Pure and Applied Physics, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], Kottayam,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/92?offset=20 | title=Mahatma Gandhi University-School of Pure and Applied Physics| date=25 September 2014}}</ref> with a dissertation focused on nanomagnetism and ferrite nanostructures.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/25791/1/01_title.pdf | title=Investigations on selected nanomagnetic systems|accessdate=6 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | title=Temperature dependent neutron diffraction and Mössbauer studies in zinc ferrite nanoparticles| journal=Materials Research Bulletin| volume=48| issue=4| pages=1506–1511| doi=10.1016/j.materresbull.2012.12.058| year=2013| last1=Thomas| first1=Jeevan Job| last2=Shinde| first2=A.B.| last3=Krishna| first3=P.S.R.| last4=Kalarikkal| first4=Nandakumar}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | title=Cation distribution and micro level magnetic alignments in the nanosized nickel zinc ferrite| journal=Journal of Alloys and Compounds| volume=546| pages=77–83| doi=10.1016/j.jallcom.2012.08.011| year=2013| last1=Thomas| first1=Jeevan Job| last2=Shinde| first2=A.B.| last3=Krishna| first3=P.S.R.| last4=Kalarikkal| first4=Nandakumar}}</ref> After finishing PhD, he worked as a Adhoc faculty at [[National Institute of Technology Calicut]].

==Literary career==
Thomas has written essays for Malayalam magazines since 2006. In 2013, he published the book ''Rathi Rahasyam''—an in depth study on human sexuality which interconnects the knowledge on sexuality with anthropology, evolutionary psychology, and cultural history.<ref name="RatRah">{{cite web | url=http://www.indulekha.com/rathirahasyam-science-sexology-jeevan-job-thomas?author_id=| title=Rathi Rahasyam|accessdate=6 February 2019}}</ref> His first novel, ''Nidra Moshanam'', is a psychological thriller published in 2015.<ref name="NidMo">{{cite web | url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25771314-nidramoshanam| title=nidramoshanam|accessdate=6 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/south-indian/tovino-thomas-returns-with-oru-kuprasidha-payan-1.60892934| title=Tovino Thomas returns with 'Oru Kuprasidha Payan'|accessdate=6 February 2019}}</ref> The nonfiction book ''Maranathinte Ayiram Mukhangal'' (2016) explores ideas of death from cell death to the end of human civilization by converging political history, cultural philosophy, cellular biology, and evolutionary theory.<ref name="MarAy">{{cite web | url=https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/books/maranathinte-ayiram-mukhangal| title=Maranathinte Ayiram Mukhangal |accessdate=6 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.doolnews.com/book-review-of-jeevan-job-thomass-maranathinte-ayiram-mukhangal258.html/3| title=ഫാസിസം അഥവാ മരണത്തിന്റെ പ്രച്ഛന്ന മുഖം|date=9 January 2017}}</ref> In 2014, based on the murder of an old lady in [[Kozhikode]], he penned an article about how the legal system made an innocent youth a criminal.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dcbooks.com/jeevan-job-thomas-article-in-pachakuthira.html| title=സുന്ദരിയമ്മ-ജയേഷ് അഥവാ പൊലീസ് സദാചാരം|date=19 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2018/nov/27/the-idea-of-kuprasidha-payyan--came-to-us-three-years-ago-1903597.html| title=The idea of Kuprasidha Payyan came to us three years ago: Jeevan Job|date=27 November 2018}}</ref> Movie director [[Madhupal]] read the article and asked Jeevan Job Thomas to pen a screenplay based on it.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thenewsrupt.com/interview/2018/11/15/interview-with-oru-kuprasidha-payyan-writer-jeevan-job-thomas-| title=ജീവന്‍ ജോബ് തോമസ് അഭിമുഖം|date=16 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://english.manoramaonline.com/news/kerala/2018/11/22/crime-files-sundariyamma-murder-case-oru-kuprasidha-payyan-tovino-thomas.html| title=Tovino is not the killer, then who murdered Sundariyamma?...| date=26 November 2018}}</ref> The movie, ''[[Oru Kuprasidha Payyan]]'', was released in 2018 to rave reviews with special mention to the screenplay.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://in.bookmyshow.com/discover/movies/reviews/malayalam-reviews/oru-kuprasidha-payyan-film-review-watch-tovino-films | title= Oru Kuprasidha Payyan: This is How You do a Murder Mystery! A Must-Watch Film| date=9 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movie-reviews/oru-kuprasidha-payyan/movie-review/66555005.cms | title=Oru Kuprasidha Payyan Movie Review {4.0/5}: Critic Review of Oru Kuprasidha Payyan by Times of India}}</ref> The second novel ''Theneecharani'' is a narrative experiment intertwines the lives of three distinct women by reconciling sexuality, envy and power structure rooted in different myths of [[Malabar region]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mullasery |first1=Sreekala |date=September 2019 |title=Atharam sthreekalkku enthu sambhavichu? |publisher=Green Books |location=Thrissur, India |isbn=93-88830-88-1|pages=138–144}}</ref>

==Works==
* ''Viswasathinte Sareerasasthram'' (collection of essays)
* ''Parinama Sidhantham-Puthiya Vazhikal Kandethalukal'' (collection of essays)
* ''Prapanchavum Manushyanum Thammilenthu''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://keralabookstore.com/book/prapanchavum-manushyanum-thammilenthu/4038/| title=Prapanchavum Manushyanum Thammilenthu}}</ref> (collection of essays)
* ''Rathi Rahasyam''<ref name=RatRah/>
* ''Nidra Moshanam''<ref name=NidMo/> (novel)
* ''Maranathinte Aayiram Mughangal''<ref name=MarAy/>
* ''[[Oru Kuprasidha Payyan]]'' (screenplay)
* ''Theneecharani''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/books/theneecharani| title=Theneecharani
|accessdate=7 July 2019}}</ref> (novel)

==Awards==
* Kerala Science Literature Awards for Science Journalism (2014) by [[Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment]]<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/kerala-science-literature-awards-for-2014-announced/article7853652.ece |title=Kerala Science Literature Awards for 2014 announced|location=Trivandrum |newspaper=The Hindu |date=7 November 2015 |accessdate=6 February 2019}}</ref>
* Prof. Joseph Mundassery award for young writer 2015.<ref name=MatInt/>
* Dr. C. P. Menon Memorial Award for Science Writing 2015.<ref name=MatInt/>

==References==
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