Chakkalakal Lonappan Jose , better identified as C. L. Jose, is an
Indian playwright of Malayalam literature. One of the pioneers of
popular Malayalam theatre and a former chairman of the Kerala
Sangeetha Nataka Akademi, Jose is the author of 36 plays, 75 one-act
plays, one children’s play and Ormakalkku Urakkamilla, his
autobiography. He is a recipient of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award
for Drama, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions and
the S. L. Puram Sadanandan Puraskaram of Kerala Sangeetha Nataka
Akademi.C. L. Jose was born on at Puthukad, Thrissur district of the
south Indian state of Kerala to Chakkalakal Lonappan and Manjali
Mariakutty as the eldest of their nine children.[1] His early
education was at St. Mary's Lourde's U.P. School - Thrissur after
which he started his career at a Chit fund company in Thrissur as a
clerk. He started his literary career as a playwright with Manam
Thelinju, which he wrote for a local club in the town when he was
24.[1] This followed a body of work which comprises 36 plays, 75
one-act plays and one children’s play.[2] Besides he has documented
the story of his life in an autobiography, Ormakalkku Urakkamilla.[3]
His plays were popular in the amateur theatre[4] Manalkadu, one of his
plays, has been translated into 14 Indian languages and was broadcast
through the All India Radio as a part of their Drama Week.[1] The work
was later adapted into a film Ariyatha Veethikal by K. S.
Sethumadhavan.[5] Subsequently, two more of his plays were made into
films viz. Bhoomiyile Malakha in 1965[6] and Agninakshathram in
2004.[7]Jose has served as a faculty of fine arts at the University of
Calicut, has been a member of the Kerala Sahithya Akademi and the
Samastha Kerala Sahithya Parishad, has sat in the advisory board of
the All India Radio and has presided over the Fine Arts Society of
Thrissur. He also chaired the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi for a
brief period in the 1990s[2] and serves as a member of the Pastoral
council of the Archdiocese of Thrissur.[8] Three of his plays have
been included in the academic curriculum; Manalkkad at the University
of Calicut, Jwalanam at the University of Kerala and Yugathrushna at
Mahatma Gandhi University.[7]
Indian playwright of Malayalam literature. One of the pioneers of
popular Malayalam theatre and a former chairman of the Kerala
Sangeetha Nataka Akademi, Jose is the author of 36 plays, 75 one-act
plays, one children’s play and Ormakalkku Urakkamilla, his
autobiography. He is a recipient of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award
for Drama, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions and
the S. L. Puram Sadanandan Puraskaram of Kerala Sangeetha Nataka
Akademi.C. L. Jose was born on at Puthukad, Thrissur district of the
south Indian state of Kerala to Chakkalakal Lonappan and Manjali
Mariakutty as the eldest of their nine children.[1] His early
education was at St. Mary's Lourde's U.P. School - Thrissur after
which he started his career at a Chit fund company in Thrissur as a
clerk. He started his literary career as a playwright with Manam
Thelinju, which he wrote for a local club in the town when he was
24.[1] This followed a body of work which comprises 36 plays, 75
one-act plays and one children’s play.[2] Besides he has documented
the story of his life in an autobiography, Ormakalkku Urakkamilla.[3]
His plays were popular in the amateur theatre[4] Manalkadu, one of his
plays, has been translated into 14 Indian languages and was broadcast
through the All India Radio as a part of their Drama Week.[1] The work
was later adapted into a film Ariyatha Veethikal by K. S.
Sethumadhavan.[5] Subsequently, two more of his plays were made into
films viz. Bhoomiyile Malakha in 1965[6] and Agninakshathram in
2004.[7]Jose has served as a faculty of fine arts at the University of
Calicut, has been a member of the Kerala Sahithya Akademi and the
Samastha Kerala Sahithya Parishad, has sat in the advisory board of
the All India Radio and has presided over the Fine Arts Society of
Thrissur. He also chaired the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi for a
brief period in the 1990s[2] and serves as a member of the Pastoral
council of the Archdiocese of Thrissur.[8] Three of his plays have
been included in the academic curriculum; Manalkkad at the University
of Calicut, Jwalanam at the University of Kerala and Yugathrushna at
Mahatma Gandhi University.[7]
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