Jeevan Job Thomas is an Indian essayist, novelist, and screenwriter known for his contributions in Malayalam.[2]
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| Native name | ജീവൻ ജോബ് തോമസ് |
| Born | 20 October 1979 Vengola, Kerala, India |
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| Language | Malayalam |
| Alma mater | Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala[1] |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Subject | Science |
Early life edit
Jeevan Job Thomas was born on 20 October 1979 at Vengola village in the Ernakulam district of Kerala.[3] He obtained a doctorate in physics from the School of Pure and Applied Physics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, Kottayam,[4] with a dissertation focused on nanomagnetism and ferrite nanostructures.[5][6][7] After finishing PhD, he worked as a Adhoc faculty at National Institute of Technology Calicut.
Literary career edit
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.[8] His first novel, Nidra Moshanam, is a psychological thriller published in 2015.[9][10] 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.[11][12] 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.[13][14] Movie director Madhupal read the article and asked Jeevan Job Thomas to pen a screenplay based on it.[15][16] The movie, Oru Kuprasidha Payyan, was released in 2018 to rave reviews with special mention to the screenplay.[17][18] 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.[19]
Works edit
- Viswasathinte Sareerasasthram (collection of essays)
- Parinama Sidhantham-Puthiya Vazhikal Kandethalukal (collection of essays)
- Prapanchavum Manushyanum Thammilenthu[20] (collection of essays)
- Rathi Rahasyam[8]
- Nidra Moshanam[9] (novel)
- Maranathinte Aayiram Mughangal[11]
- Oru Kuprasidha Payyan (screenplay)
- Theneecharani[21] (novel)
- Sargonmadham[22] (collection of essays)
Awards edit
- Kerala Science Literature Awards for Science Journalism (2014) by Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment[23]
- Prof. Joseph Mundassery award for young writer 2015.[2]
- Dr. C. P. Menon Memorial Award for Science Writing 2015.[2]
References edit
- ^ "School of Pure and Applied Physics".
- ^ a b c "Mathrubhumi International Festival Of Letters". Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "Mathrubhumi International Festival Of Letters". 23 January 2018.
- ^ "Mahatma Gandhi University-School of Pure and Applied Physics". 25 September 2014. hdl:10603/92?offset=20.
- ^ "Investigations on selected nanomagnetic systems" (PDF). Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ Thomas, Jeevan Job; Shinde, A.B.; Krishna, P.S.R.; Kalarikkal, Nandakumar (2013). "Temperature dependent neutron diffraction and Mössbauer studies in zinc ferrite nanoparticles". Materials Research Bulletin. 48 (4): 1506–1511. doi:10.1016/j.materresbull.2012.12.058.
- ^ Thomas, Jeevan Job; Shinde, A.B.; Krishna, P.S.R.; Kalarikkal, Nandakumar (2013). "Cation distribution and micro level magnetic alignments in the nanosized nickel zinc ferrite". Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 546: 77–83. doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2012.08.011.
- ^ a b "Rathi Rahasyam". Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ a b "nidramoshanam". Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "Tovino Thomas returns with 'Oru Kuprasidha Payan'". Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ a b "Maranathinte Ayiram Mukhangal". Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "ഫാസിസം അഥവാ മരണത്തിന്റെ പ്രച്ഛന്ന മുഖം". 9 January 2017.
- ^ "സുന്ദരിയമ്മ-ജയേഷ് അഥവാ പൊലീസ് സദാചാരം". 19 November 2018.
- ^ "The idea of Kuprasidha Payyan came to us three years ago: Jeevan Job". 27 November 2018.
- ^ "ജീവന് ജോബ് തോമസ് അഭിമുഖം". 16 November 2018.
- ^ "Tovino is not the killer, then who murdered Sundariyamma?..." 26 November 2018.
- ^ "Oru Kuprasidha Payyan: This is How You do a Murder Mystery! A Must-Watch Film". 9 November 2018.
- ^ "Oru Kuprasidha Payyan Movie Review {4.0/5}: Critic Review of Oru Kuprasidha Payyan by Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ Mullasery, Sreekala (September 2019). Atharam sthreekalkku enthu sambhavichu?. Thrissur, India: Green Books. pp. 138–144. ISBN 978-93-88830-88-1.
- ^ "Prapanchavum Manushyanum Thammilenthu".
- ^ "Theneecharani". Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ "Sargonmadham". Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ "Kerala Science Literature Awards for 2014 announced". The Hindu. Trivandrum. 7 November 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2019.