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Manu Joseph
Born	(1974-07-22) 22 July 1974 (age 50) Kottayam, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Education	Loyola College, Chennai
Occupations	Journalist Writer Author
Children	1

Manu Joseph (born 22 July 1974) is an Indian journalist and writer. He is the former editor of Open magazine.

Life and career

Manu was born in Kottayam, Kerala, and grew up in Chennai. His father Joseph Madappally is a film-maker who directed the Malayalam film Thoranam (1987). He is a graduate of Loyola College, Chennai, and dropped out of Madras Christian College to become a staff writer at Society magazine. He is a former editor of Open magazine, and a columnist for The International New York Times and The Hindustan Times. In 2007, he was a Chevening Scholar. He currently lives in Delhi. His debut novel Serious Men (2010) won The Hindu Literary Prize and the PEN/Open Book Award. It has been adapted by Sudhir Mishra as a feature film of the same name.

His second novel, The Illicit Happiness of Other People, was published in September 2012. He also wrote the screenplay for the film Love Khichdi (2009).

In January 2014, Manu resigned as editor of Open magazine.

Manu is the creator and writer of Decoupled, an Indian English-language comedy web series, which was released on Netflix on 17 December 2021.

Awards and honours

• 2010: The Hindu Literary Prize won for Serious Men
• 2010: Man Asian Literary Prize shortlisted for Serious Men
• 2010: Huffington Post′s 10 best books of the year for Serious Men
• 2011: Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize shortlisted for Serious Men
• 2011: PEN Open Book Award won for Serious Men
• 2013: The Hindu Literary Prize shortlisted for The Illicit Happiness of Other People

Works

• Serious Men. HarperCollins India, 2010. ISBN 8172238525.
• The Illicit Happiness of Other People. Fourth Estate, 2012. ISBN 9350293641.
• Miss Laila, Armed and Dangerous, Myriad Editions, 2017. ISBN 9352770447.

References

1. "Manu Joseph". www.goodreads.com.
2. ^ "About the Author". manujoseph.com. Archived from the original on 25 November 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
3. "Slimme mannen – Manu Joseph". literairnederland. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
4. "Nawazuddin Siddiqui to star in Netflix's Serious Men, directed by Sudhir Mishra". Hindustan Times. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
5. "The Illicit Happiness of Other People (extracts)". The Hindu Prize. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
6. "Extraordinary Minds, Ordinary Fathers". The New Indian Express. 8 July 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
7. "Manu Joseph resigns". Firstpost. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
8. "'Decoupled' : The comedy of separation". The Hindu. 7 December 2021. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
9. Benedicte Page. "Manu Joseph's controversial tale of caste wins Indian literary prize", The Guardian, 2 November 2010.
10. "Journalist's debut novel 'Serious Men' wins award" (3 November 2010). Mail Today (New Delhi). Retrieved 16 October 2012.
11. "Manu Joseph Serious Men, 2010 Shortlist". The Man Asian Literary Prize. Archived from the original on 5 November 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
12. Shivani, Anis (9 November 2010). "Huffington Post Exclusive: The 10 Best Books Of 2010 (PHOTOS)". HuffPost. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
13. Maev Kennedy (12 April 2011). "Sam Leith and India Knight in running for Wodehouse book prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
14. "Jacket Copy: PEN American Center's 2011 award winners". LA Times. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
15. Staff writer (9 November 2013). "The Hindu Prize 2013 Shortlist". The Hindu. Retrieved 9 November 2013.

External links

• Media related to Manu Joseph at Wikimedia Commons
• Quotations related to Manu Joseph at Wikiquote
• "Can you take it Manu Joseph?" newslaundry.com, 19 July 2012.
• Huffington Post interview, 18 September 2010.

• 1974 births
• Journalists from Kerala
• Writers from Kottayam
• Living people
• Loyola College, Chennai alumni
• Indian male journalists
• Indian male screenwriters
• Novelists from Kerala
• Indian male novelists