George Irumbayam is an Indian

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and literature

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. Author of 39 literary and 7 spiritual books.

Early life

He was born on 19 December 1938 as the eldest child of Irumbayam Poovathunkal Varkey and Annamma, who totally had four children. He studied in the Kaarikkodu-Pothi-Thalayolapparambu schools between 1945 and 1956, and at St. Thomas College

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from 1956 to 1957. He also studied at Sacred heart college

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(1958-1961), University college, Trivandrum (1961-1962) and at a Maharajas College (1962-1963). He received his Masters from

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for

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and English, and the Masters

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from

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university, Ph.D from

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university, and passed B.A. and M.A. with first rank.

Career

George worked as the

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of the

Protection Council (Malayala Samrakshana Vaedi) from 1989 onwards He got T.K.Joseph gold medal for first rank in BA and Dr. Godavarma award for first rank in MA (Malayalam). Then he became a

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lecturer in 1963 at Sacred heart college, Thevara and from 1966 onwards in Government colleges at Madappally, Kozhikode, Palakkad and as professor at Thalassery, Calicut. He retired from Ernakulam Maharaja's as head of department in 1994 after his start there in 1986. He edited

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s and wrote many literary criticism books. He was a member of the editors' committee of

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such as Kerala digest, Kolaya, Sahithya Niroopanam and the Keralsamskara. He served as president of

Book Club. He was a member of many

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and

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councils. Gaandhi's

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was translated into

by George Irumbayam, which sold over 400,000 copies in 4 years. Also, he has translated one of the Sherlock Holmes books. He has written and published many spiritual books as well.

Personal life

George is married to Theresa Valavi, and he has three children - Two sons named Jaison and Jesus, and a daughter named Sindhu. The couple live in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Irumbayam, George Malayalam-language writers Malayali people 20th-century Indian translators 1938 births Living people

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