Rosemary is a

Malayalam language Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

poet and translator from

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

, India. She has received many awards including

Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions is an award given every year by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi (Kerala Literary Academy) to Malayalam writers for their overall contributions to Malayalam literature. It is one of the twelve ...

in 2019. Her autobiography, ''Nilaavil Oru Panineerchampa'' was published in 2021.

Biography

Rosemary, born Maria Goretti, was born on June 22, 1956, in

Kanjirappally Kanjirappally is a taluk and a town in Kottayam district situated about away from the district capital, in the state of Kerala, India. Climate Kanjirappally has the highest number of rainy days in Kerala. It receives the highest amount of sum ...

Kottayam district Kottayam (), is one of 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala. Kottayam district comprises six municipal towns: Kottayam, Changanassery, Pala, Erattupetta, Ettumanoor, and Vaikom. It is the only district in Kerala that neither borders the ...

to Dr. K.C. Chacko (Pappachan) and Rosamma. She changed her name to Rosemary herself because of the difficulty of pronouncing her birth name. She completed her school education at Gracie Memorial School, Parathode and continued her studies at St. Dominic's College, Kanjirapally, Mar Ivanios College,

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...

, Chidambaram Annamalai University and Thiruvananthapuram Press Club to secure a Master's Degree in English Literature and a Diploma in Journalism. She has worked in the editorial department of the Mathrubhumi daily and as a television correspondent for

India Today ''India Today'' is a weekly Indian English-language news magazine published by Living Media India Limited. It is the most widely circulated magazine in India, with a readership of close to 8 million. In 2014, ''India Today'' launched a new onl ...

(Malayalam). Rosemary lives in

Literary career

Rose Mary, who Poet Madhavikutty considered as her successor, published her first poetry collection, ''Vakkukal Chekkerunnidam'' was published in 1996. Although she declares herself to be a feminist, she believes her writings do not reflect feminist leanings. She has been a member of several committees such as the

Sahitya Akademi The Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, is an organisation dedicated to the promotion of literature in the languages of India. Founded on 12 March 1954, it is supported by, though independent of, the Indian government. Its of ...

Advisory Board and the

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Works

Poetry collection

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Translations

* Children's' literature. * Children's' literature. * Children's' literature. * Children's' literature. * Children's' literature. * Children's' literature. * Children's' literature. *''Lokothara BalaKathakal'', Malayalam translation of Children's' literature stories from around the world. *''Lokaprasaktha Nadodi Kathakal'', Malayalam translation of famous folk stories from around the world. *''Bible Kathakal'', Malayalam translation of stories from holy Bible. *''Kahlil Gibran Kavithakal'', Malayalam translation of

Kahlil Gibran Gibran Khalil Gibran ( ar, جُبْرَان خَلِيل جُبْرَان, , , or , ; January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931), usually referred to in English as Kahlil Gibran (pronounced ), was a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist ...

poems. * She has translated

V. K. Krishna Menon Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon (3 May 1896 – 6 October 1974) was an Indian academic, politician, and non-career diplomat. He was described by some as the second most powerful man in India, after the first Prime Minister of India, Jawa ...

's biography into Malayalam.

Memoirs

* * *''IvideInganeyum Oral'' *''Chempaka Ennoru Pappathi''

Autobiography

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. In 2019, She received

. She is also a recipient of SBT Poetry Award, Muthukulam Parvathy Amma Award and Lalithambika Antharjanam Young Writer Award.

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1956 births Malayalam-language writers Indian women poets Indian children's writers Living people Malayali people Malayalam poets 21st-century Indian poets 21st-century Indian women writers Women writers from Kerala Translators to Malayalam 21st-century Indian translators Indian women translators Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award Indian feminists People from Kottayam district