Jose Panachippuram

Jose Panachippuram (born 24 August 1951 in Vazhoor, Kottayam District, Kerala, India) is a noted short story writer, novelist and journalist in Malayalam.

He is working as the Editorial Director of Malayala Manorama daily and Editor in-charge of Bhashaposhini.

[1] He won the Kerala Sahithya Academy Award in 2005 for the novel Kannadiyile Mazha.

[2] He has been the brain behind Manorama's famous pocket cartoon Kunchukkuruppu for the past 34 years.

He also wrote a column named Shoonyavela in Manorama Weekly.