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{{Short description|Indian poet and translator}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Rosemary
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| birth_name = Maria Goretti
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1956|6|22}}
| birth_place = [[Kanjirappally]], [[Kottayam district]], [[Kerala]], India
| nationality = Indian
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| occupation = Poet, Translator
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| spouse = Priyan Chacko Ommen
| children = 3<ref>{{cite news |title=ഇരുട്ടിൽ ചില മിന്നാമിന്നികൾ |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/literature/features/malayalam-writer-rosemary-life-in-the-time-of-corona-1.4713583 |work=Mathrubhumi |language=ml | author=റോസ്‌മേരി | date=24 April 2020 | accessdate=6 May 2023}}</ref>
| parents = K. C. Chacko <br> Rosamma
| awards = [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions]]
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}}'''Rosemary''' is a [[Malayalam language]] poet and translator from [[Kerala]], India. She has received many awards including [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions]] in 2019. Her autobiography, ''Nilaavil Oru Panineerchampa'' was published in 2021.

==Biography==
Rosemary, born Maria Goretti,<ref>{{cite web |title=Rosemary – Samyukta Poetry |url=https://www.samyuktapoetry.com/2021/10/24/rosemary/}}</ref> was born on 22 June 1956, in [[Kanjirappally]], [[Kottayam district]], to K. C. Chacko (Pappachan) and Rosamma.<ref name="keralawomen"/> She changed her name to Rosemary herself because of the difficulty of pronouncing her birth name.<ref name="IE Malayalam">{{cite news |title=സ്നേഹം നിറയ്ക്കുന്ന കൈകൾ |url=https://malayalam.indianexpress.com/news/features/marakkanavathavar-ashitha-rosemary/ |work=Indian Express Malayalam |language=ml}}</ref> She completed her school education at Gracie Memorial School, Parathode, and continued her studies at St. Dominic's College, Kanjirapally, Mar Ivanios College, [[Thiruvananthapuram]], Chidambaram Annamalai University and Thiruvananthapuram Press Club to secure a Master's Degree in English Literature and a Diploma in Journalism.<ref name="keralawomen"/><ref name="ManoramaOnline">{{cite news |title=മനോരമ ബുക്സ് കവിതമഴയിൽ റോസ് മേരിയുടെ '3 കവിതകൾ' |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/literature/manorama-books/2020/06/11/manorama-books-kavimazha-rose-mary.html |work=ManoramaOnline |language=ml}}</ref> She has worked in the editorial department of the [[Mathrubhumi|Mathrubhumi daily]] and as a television correspondent for [[India Today]] (Malayalam).<ref name="keralawomen"/>

Rosemary lives in [[Thiruvananthapuram]].<ref name=":0" />

==Literary career==
Rose Mary, who Poet [[Madhavikkutty|Madhavikutty]] considered as her successor,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2019-07-18 |title=റോസ് മേരി, Author at തസറാക് |url=https://thasrak.com/author/rosmery/ |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=തസറാക് |language=en-US}}</ref> published her first poetry collection, ''Vakkukal Chekkerunnidam'' published in 1996. Although she declares herself to be a [[Feminism|feminist]], she believes her writings do not reflect feminist leanings.<ref name="Mathrubhumi">{{cite news |last1=Shibitha |title=റോസ്‌മേരീ, മാധവിക്കുട്ടി എറിഞ്ഞുതന്ന ആ ചിലങ്കകൾ ആർക്കാണ് കൈമാറാൻ പോവുന്നത്? |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/literature/interviews/malayalam-writer-rosemary-interview-1.4531399 |work=Mathrubhumi |language=ml}}</ref> She has been a member of several committees such as the [[Sahitya Akademi]] Advisory Board and the [[Central Board of Film Certification]].<ref name="ManoramaOnline"/>

==Bibliography ==
===Poetry collection===
*{{cite book |title=Vakkukal Chekkerunnidam |date=1996 |publisher=DC books |location=Kottayam |isbn=9788171306855 |language=Malayalam}}
*{{cite book |title=Chanju Peyyunna Mazha |date=1998 |publisher=Current Books |location=Kottayam |isbn=9788124014660 |language=Malayalam}}
*{{cite book |title=Venalil Oru Puzha |date=2002 |publisher=Current Books |location=Kottayam |isbn=9788124013267 |language=Malayalam}}
*{{cite book |title=Lajavanthi Ennoruval |date=2019 |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |isbn=9788182680074 |language=Malayalam}}

===Translations===
*{{cite book |title=Hamelinile Kuzhaloothukaranum Mattu Kathakalum -6 |date=2012 |publisher=Kerala State Bala Sahitya Institute |isbn=9788184942286 |language=Malayalam}} Children's' literature.
*{{cite book |title=Choolam Kuthunna Rakshanum Mattukathakalum - 5 |date=2012 |publisher=Kerala State Bala Sahitya Institute |isbn=9788184942279 |language=Malayalam}} Children's' literature.
*{{cite book |title=Talathirinja Pannikoottam Mattu Kathakalum - 4 |date=2012 |publisher=Kerala State Bala Sahitya Institute |isbn=9788184942262 |language=Malayalam}} Children's' literature.
*{{cite book |title=Uchum Kurukkanum Mattukathakalum - 3 |date=2010 |publisher=Kerala State Bala Sahitya Institute |isbn=9788184942255 |language=Malayalam}} Children's' literature.
*{{cite book |title=Thambaleenayum Mattu Kathakalum-2 |date=2012 |publisher=Kerala State Bala Sahitya Institute |isbn=9788184942248 |language=Malayalam}} Children's' literature.
*{{cite book |title=Chenthoppiyaninja Penkuttyyum Mattu Kathakalum 1 |date=2012 |publisher=Kerala State Bala Sahitya Institute |isbn=9788184942231 |language=Malayalam}} Children's' literature.
*{{cite book |title= Rip Van Winkilum Mattu Kathakalum |date=2012 |publisher=Kerala State Bala Sahitya Institute |isbn= 9788182662131 |language=Malayalam}} Children's' literature.
*''Lokothara BalaKathakal'', Malayalam translation of Children's' literature stories from around the world.<ref name="ManoramaOnline"/>
*''Lokaprasaktha Nadodi Kathakal'', Malayalam translation of famous folk stories from around the world.<ref name="ManoramaOnline"/>
*''Bible Kathakal'', Malayalam translation of stories from holy Bible.<ref name="ManoramaOnline"/>
*''Kahlil Gibran Kavithakal'', Malayalam translation of [[Kahlil Gibran]] poems.<ref name="ManoramaOnline"/>
* She has translated [[V. K. Krishna Menon]]'s biography into Malayalam.<ref name="MDN">{{cite news |last1=Manohar |first1=Thomas |title=റോസ് മേരി - കവിതയുടെ സൗഹൃദ മുദ്ര |url=https://www.malayalamdailynews.com/?p=114709 |work=Malayalam Daily News |date=23 September 2014 |language=ml-IN |access-date=7 April 2022 |archive-date=2 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202154639/https://www.malayalamdailynews.com/?p=114709 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Memoirs===
*{{cite book |title=Vrichikakaattu Veeshumbol |date=2020 |publisher=[[DC Books]] |location=[[Kottayam]] |isbn=9788124013960 |edition=4 |language=Malayalam}}
*{{cite book |title=Jalakakkazhcha |date=2020 |publisher=Pusthaka Prasadhaka Sangham |isbn=9780000131072 |language=Malayalam}}
*''IvideInganeyum Oral''<ref name="ManoramaOnline"/>
*''Chempaka Ennoru Pappathi''<ref name="ManoramaOnline"/>

===Autobiography===
*{{cite book |title=Nilaavil Oru Panineerchampa |date=2021 |publisher=[[Mathrubhumi Books]] |isbn=9789390574759 |language=Malayalam}}

==Awards and honors==
Rosemary received 4th Esenin Award by Esenin Museum, Moscow, the Foundation Russkiy Mir and Russian Cultural Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, in 2012, for introducing many Russian works to Malayalam language.<ref name="keralawomen"/><ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-12-18 |title=Esenin award given away to writer Rosemary |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/esenin-award-given-away-to-writer-rosemary/article4212881.ece |access-date=2022-04-07 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> In 2019, She received [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-15 |title=എസ് ഹരീഷ്, സന്ദീപാനന്ദ ഗിരി, ബോബി ജോസ് കട്ടിക്കാട് എന്നിവർക്ക് സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി പുരസ്‌കാരം |url=https://malayalam.news18.com/photogallery/kerala/ssahitya-akademi-award-for-s-harish-sandeepananda-giri-and-bobby-jose-kattikkad-aa-348357.html |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=News18 Malayalam |language=ml}}</ref> She is also a recipient of SBT Poetry Award, [[Muthukulam Parvathy Amma Award]] and Lalithambika Antharjanam Young Writer Award.<ref name="keralawomen">{{cite web |title=റോസ് മേരി |url=https://www.keralawomen.gov.in/ml/node/738 |website=Kerala Women |publisher=Department of Women and Child Development, Kerala state |language=ml |date=26 March 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Cite web |title=Rosemary – Samyukta Poetry |url=https://www.samyuktapoetry.com/2021/10/24/rosemary/ |access-date=2022-08-27 |language=en-US}}

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[[Category:1956 births]]
[[Category:Indian children's writers]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Malayali people]]
[[Category:Malayalam poets]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:Women writers from Kerala]]
[[Category:Translators to Malayalam]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian translators]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]]
[[Category:Indian feminists]]
[[Category:Writers from Kottayam district]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women poets]]

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