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{{short description|Indian novelist and short story writer in Malayalam}}
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1946}}
| birth_place = [[Thrissur]], [[Cochin State]], [[British India]]
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| occupation = Writer
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| period = [[Feminism]]
| genre = Novel, short story, essay
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| movement = [[List of feminist literature|Feminist literature]]
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| notableworks = [[Aalahayude Penmakkal]], Puthuramayanam, Oduvilathe Suryakanthi
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'''Sarah Joseph''' (born 1946) is an Indian novelist and short story writer in [[Malayalam]]. She won the [[Sahitya Akademi Award|Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award]] and the [[Vayalar Award]] for her novel ''[[Aalahayude Penmakkal]]'' (Daughters of God the Father). She is a leader of the [[feminist movement]] in Kerala and is the founder of the activist organization Manushi. She joined the [[Aam Aadmi Party]] in 2014 and contested the [[2014 Indian general election|2014 parliament elections]] from Thrissur.

==Biography==
Sarah Joseph was born into a conservative Christian family<ref name="ie_jul09" /> at [[Kuriachira]] in [[Thrissur]] city in 1946 to Louis and Kochumariam. She was married at the age of 15<ref name="Santhosh 2011"/> when she was in class IX. She attended the teacher's training course and began her professional career as a school teacher. Later, she received her B.A. and M.A. in [[Malayalam]] as a private candidate and joined the collegiate service in [[Kerala]]. She served as a Professor of [[Malayalam]] at Sanskrit College, [[Pattambi]]. She has since retired from government service and lives at Mulamkunnathukavu in [[Thrissur district]].

Sarah Joseph is also a well-known social activist and feminist movement leader.<ref name="Santhosh 2011">{{cite news |last1=Santhosh |first1=K. |title=A voice against violation |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/a-voice-against-violation/article2096088.ece |access-date=29 July 2021 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=June 12, 2011}}</ref><ref name="Binduraj 2014">{{cite news |last1=Binduraj |first1=J |title=Kerala opens up to AAP, writer-activist Sara Joseph to join Arvind Kejriwal |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/south/story/kerala-opens-up-to-aap-writer-activist-sara-joseph-to-join-kejriwal-176414-2014-01-11 |access-date=29 July 2021 |work=India Today |date=January 11, 2014}}</ref> In the 1980s, she founded the women's group Manushi at Sankrit College in Pattambi, where she also taught Malayalam and literature.<ref name="Santhosh 2011"/> With her group, she led protests over several decades in response to a wide range of crimes against women, including rape, [[Dowry death|dowry deaths]], trafficking, and sexual slavery.<ref name="Santhosh 2011"/>

She joined the [[Aam Aadmi Party]] in January 2014,<ref name="Binduraj 2014"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Special Correspondent |title=Sara Joseph joins AAP |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/sara-joseph-joins-aap/article5572972.ece |access-date=29 July 2021 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=January 13, 2014 |quote=Updated May 13, 2016}}</ref> and was fielded by the party as a candidate from the [[Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency]] in the [[2014 Indian general election|2014 parliament elections]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Parsai |first1=Gargi |title=AAP fields author Sara Joseph against Chacko |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/aap-fields-author-sara-joseph-against-chacko/article5740307.ece |access-date=29 July 2021 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=March 1, 2014 |quote=Updated May 19, 2016}}</ref> but lost to C. N. Jayadevan of [[Communist Party of India]].

==Literary career==
Her literary career began when she was in high school. Many of her poems appeared in Malayalam weeklies. She was also good at reciting her poems at poets' meets which was much appreciated by poets like [[Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon]] and [[Edasseri Govindan Nair]].<ref name="keralagov">{{cite web|url=http://www.kerala.gov.in/keralacallfeb04/p30-31.pdf|title=Sarah Joseph – A writer of women, for women|last=Panjikaran|first=Mariamma|publisher=[[Government of Kerala]]|access-date=20 March 2010}}{{Dead link|date=July 2021}}</ref>

She has published a trilogy of novels which includes ''[[Aalahayude Penmakkal]]'', ''Mattathi'', and ''[[Othappu]]''.<ref name="Satchidanandan 2015">{{cite news |last1=Satchidanandan |first1=K |title=Finding her voice |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/K_Satchidanandan/finding-her-voice/article6993777.ece#! |access-date=29 July 2021 |work=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]] |date=April 3, 2015}}</ref><ref name="ie_jul09">{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/cross-examination/490684/0|title=Cross Examination|last=Babu Paul|first=D.|date=19 July 2009 |publisher=[[Indian Express]]|access-date=20 March 2010}}</ref> Othappu has been translated into English by [[Valson Thampu]] under the title ''Othappu: The Scent of the Other Side''.<ref name="hindu_sep09">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/lr/2009/09/06/stories/2009090650140400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107160521/http://www.hindu.com/lr/2009/09/06/stories/2009090650140400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 November 2012|title=Wages of freedom |date=6 September 2009 |access-date=20 March 2010|work=[[The Hindu]]|location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.himalmag.com/Veiled-passions-Othappu-by-Sarah-Joseph-and-Amen-by-Sister-Jesme_nw3609.html|title=Veiled passions: 'Othappu' by Sarah Joseph and 'Amen' by Sister Jesme|publisher=himalmag.com|access-date=20 March 2010}}</ref> Her novel ''[[Aalahayude Penmakkal]]'' won her three major awards – the Kerala Sahitya Academy Award, the [[Sahitya Akademi Award|Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award]], and the [[Vayalar Award]].<ref name="Santhosh 2011" /><ref name="hindu_oct04">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/10/10/stories/2004101009940400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041104224853/http://www.hindu.com/2004/10/10/stories/2004101009940400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 November 2004|title=Sarah Joseph bags Vayalar Award|date=10 October 2004|access-date=20 March 2010|work=[[The Hindu]]|location=Chennai, India}}</ref> It also received the [[Cherukad Award]].<ref>[https://malayalam.oneindia.com/culture/2000/20001021sara.html "ചെറുകാട് അവാര്‍ഡ് സാറാജോസഫിന്"]. ''[[Oneindia]]'' (in [[Malayalam]]). 2 October 2000. Retrieved 28 February 2021.</ref>

She is known for ''Ramayana Kathakal'', a retelling of the [[Ramayana]].<ref name="Nagpaul 2015">{{cite news |last1=Nagpaul |first1=Dipti |title=Our many Ramayanas: Feminist writer Sarah Joseph and her son Vinaykumar KJ retell the epic |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/our-many-ramayanas-feminist-writer-sarah-joseph-and-her-son-vinaykumar-kj-retell-the-epic/ |access-date=29 July 2021 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=November 10, 2015}}</ref> An English translation of this work has been published by the Oxford University Press.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/08/21/stories/2005082101820200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070811132325/http://www.hindu.com/2005/08/21/stories/2005082101820200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 August 2007|title=Retelling the Ramayana |date=21 August 2005|access-date=20 March 2010|work=[[The Hindu]]|location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Smith|first=Bonnie G.|title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History: Kaffka|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|year=2008|volume=3|pages=570|isbn=9780195148909|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LgPYAAAAMAAJ&q=sarah+joseph+malayalam|access-date=20 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/03/14/stories/2006031400250600.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012055645/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/03/14/stories/2006031400250600.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 October 2008|title=Bridging cultures |date=14 March 2006 |access-date=20 March 2010|work=[[The Hindu]]|location=Chennai, India}}</ref>

In 2011, she won the [[Muttathu Varkey#Muttathu Varkey Awards|Muttathu Varkey Award]] for her collection of short stories titled ''Papathara''.<ref name="Santhosh 2011" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://english.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?tabId=0&programId=1080132912&contentId=9232597&contentType=EDITORIAL|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707232455/http://english.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?tabId=0&programId=1080132912&contentId=9232597&contentType=EDITORIAL|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 July 2012|title=Sarah Joseph wins Muttathu Varkey Award|date=28 April 2011|publisher=[[Malayala Manorama]]|access-date=2 May 2011}}</ref> A collection of her short stories translated into English, ''The Masculine of ‘Virgin’'' was released in 2012, including her story ''Papathara'', from the collection that led [[K. Satchidanandan]] to create the word "Pennezhuthu," which was defined by ''[[The Hindu]]'' as "writing seen as a feminist concept, in which the author uses female constructions of identity."<ref name="Santhosh 2012">{{cite news |last1=Santhosh |first1=K. |title=Wider readership for Sarah Joseph’s acclaimed stories |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/wider-readership-for-sarah-josephs-acclaimed-stories/article3670046.ece |access-date=29 July 2021 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=July 23, 2012}}</ref>

She is also the recipient of the first [[O. V. Vijayan Sahitya Puraskaram]] in 2011 for her novel ''Ooru Kaval''.
In 2012 she won the [[Padmaprabha Literary Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keralawomen.gov.in/index.php/headlines/241-padmaprabha-award-for-sara-joseph|title=Padmaprabha award for Sara Joseph|date=20 November 2012|publisher=[[Kerala Women]]|access-date=22 November 2015}}</ref>

On 10 October 2015, Joseph joined a protest by writers when she returned her 2003 Sahitya Akademi Award, stating, "There is a growing fear and lack of freedom under the present government", and criticising silence by the Sahitya Akademi in response murders of writers and mob violence.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Koshy |first1=Sneha Mary |title=Another Writer Returns Award, Says, 'Not The Free India I Lived In' |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/now-kerala-writer-sarah-joseph-to-return-sahitya-akademi-award-1230505 |access-date=6 August 2021 |work=NDTV |date=October 10, 2015}}</ref>

==Selected works==
===Short stories===
*''Raktachandran'' (The Blood-Moon)<ref name="Satchidanandan 2015" />
*''Dukhavelli'' (The Good Friday)<ref name="Satchidanandan 2015" />
*''Manassile Thee Matram'' (1973)
*''Kadinte Sangeetham'' (1975, anthology of short stories)
*''Pathalappadikal'' (Steps to the Netherworld)<ref name="Satchidanandan 2015" />
*''Papathara'' (The Ground of Sin)<ref name="Satchidanandan 2015" />
*''Prakasiniyude Makkal'' (Prakasini’s Children)<ref name="Satchidanandan 2015" />
*''Dampatyam'' (In Marriage)<ref name="Satchidanandan 2015" />
*''Oduvilathe Suryakanthi''
*''Nilavu Nirayunnu''
*''Puthuramayanam''
*''Kaadithu Kandaayo Kaanthaa''
*''Nanmathinmakalude Vriksham'' (anthology of short stories) (The Tree of Knowledge)<ref name="ie_jul09"/>
*''Retelling the Ramayana: Voices from Kerala'', translated by Vasanthi Sankaranarayanan, OUP, 2005
*''The Masculine of the Virgin'', translated by J. Devika, OUP, 2013

===Novels===
*''Thaikulam''
*''[[Aalahayude Penmakkal]]'' (The Daughters of Alaha)<ref name="Satchidanandan 2015" /><ref name="ie_jul09"/>
*''Maattaathi'' (The Woman-Enemy)<ref name="Satchidanandan 2015" />
*''[[Othappu]]''
*''Othappu: The Scent of the Other Side'', translated by Valson Thampu, OUP, 2009<ref name="Satchidanandan 2015" />
*''Aathi''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article2157429.ece|date=4 July 2011|work=[[The Hindu]]|author=K. Santhosh|title=Water of love seeps through|access-date=12 July 2011}}</ref>
*''Ooru Kaval''<ref name="Satchidanandan 2015" />
*''[[Aalohari Anandam]]''
*''[[Budhini]]''
*''Ati'' (''A Gift of Green'')<ref name="Satchidanandan 2015" /><ref name="Raju 2011">{{cite news |last1=Raju |first1=Abupama |title=More than propaganda |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/more-than-propaganda/article2680990.ece |access-date=29 July 2021 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=December 3, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Gift in Green: poem of land, beauty and pain |url=https://www.news18.com/news/books/book-review-27-409315.html |access-date=29 July 2021 |work=News18 |agency=CNN-IBN |date=October 13, 2011}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Sarah Joseph}}

{{Sahitya Akademi Award For Malayalam}}
{{Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship}}
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