Joy J. Kaimaparamban (Jōyi Je Kayimāparampan) (born 11 October 1939) is an Indian

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writing mainly in

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. Born to a middle-class family of

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, India, Kaimaparamban became an English teacher and served in many schools in Kerala. He started his literary career at a young age and is still writing. He now lives in

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, a small village in

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(Alleppey) district with his wife and two children. He has written several novels, some plays, and more than 100

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in his mother tongue, Malayalam. All of them were published through

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and SPCS, Kottayam.

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has broadcast several of his short stories and dramas. He won an award in the name of

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, established by DC Books Kottayam in 1977, for his

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''Urayoorunna Pakalukal'', and won the Kunkumam Prize in 1990, for his novel ''Theerabhoomikal''. ''The Azure of Solicitude'' was his first novel in English, published by America

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publisher

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September 2009. ''The Ayurvedic Healer'' is his second novel in English published by Copperhill Media Corporation. ''The Snake Charmer and the King Cobra'' is a collection of 30 short stories, published by Copperhill Media Corporation in 2013.

Books published in Malayalam

* Urayoorunna Pakalukal (''The Slough Shedding Days'') 977, 1980, 1995* Ekanthatheeram (''The Shore of Loneliness'') 977, 1999* Vazhiyariyathavar (''Persons unaware of Path'')

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* Aswastha Sandhyakal (''The unpleasant Dooms'')

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* Unmada Nimishangal (''Moments of Hallucination'')

979 Year 979 ( CMLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * March 24 – Second Battle of Pankaleia: An Ibero-Byzantine expeditionary ...

* Dukham Thedunnavar(''Seekers of Sadness'')

* Manassile Nizhalukal (''Shadows in the Mind'')

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* Thirichuvannavar (''The Returnees'')

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* Puramthodukal (''The Shells'')

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* Valayangal (''The Circles'')

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* Vanantharngal (''The Inner Forests'') 987* Theerabhoomikal (''The Coastal Lands'') 990* Valmeekam (''The Termitary'')

995 Year 995 (Roman numerals, CMXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Japan * 17 May - Fujiwara no Michitaka (imperial regent) dies. * 3 June: Fujiwara no ...

* Saagarageethangal (''Ballads of the Sea'')

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Children's literature

* Pathinonnu Bala Kathakal (''11 Stories for Children'')

* Sanchi Manushyan (''The Bag Man'') 982, 2012* Parakkunna Paava (''The Flying Doll'')

994 Year 994 ( CMXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * September 15 – Battle of the Orontes: Fatimid forces, under Turkish gener ...

* Bodhi: (''The Enlightenment'')

English

* The Snake Charmer and the King Cobra 013* The Seagulls 013* The Ayurvedic Healer 010* The Azure of Solicitude

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References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaimaparamban, Joy J. 1939 births Living people Malayalam novelists Malayalam-language dramatists and playwrights Malayalam short story writers Writers from Alappuzha Indian male short story writers 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights Indian male novelists Indian male dramatists and playwrights Indian children's writers 20th-century Indian novelists 20th-century Indian short story writers Novelists from Kerala Dramatists and playwrights from Kerala 20th-century Indian male writers