Rosy Thomas (1927–2009) was an Indian writer of Malayalam literature.

Biography

She was born in 1927 in

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 ...

. She was the daughter of Mary Paul and

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M. P. Paul Menacherry Poulose Paul (1904–1952) was an academic, educationist, scholar and literary critic of Malayalam. Considered by many as one of the major literary critics of Malayalam literature, Paul inaugurated comparative literature in Malayala ...

. She married Malayalam

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and literary critic C. J. Thomas, but was widowed at the age of 31. Her best known work is a memoir on her husband C. J. Thomas, ''Ivan Ente Priya C. J.'' She died on 6 December 2009 .http://www.mathrubhumi.com/story.php?id=72036 (In Malayalam)

Selected works

*''Ivan ente priya C. J.'' (

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) *''Urangunna Simham'' (Memoir on M. P. Paul) *''Annie (Novel)'' *''Jalakakkazhcha'' (Essays) *''Malavellam'' *''Amerikkayil oru malayalippennu'' ( Travelogue)

Translations

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'' *''So Many Hungers''

References

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