Kanam EJ | |
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| Born | Elavunkal Joseph Philip 13 June 1926 Kanam, Kottayam district, Kerala |
| Died | 13 June 1987 (aged 61) |
| Occupation | writer |
Elavunkal Joseph Philip (Malayalam: ഇലവുങ്കൽ ജോസഫ് ഫിലിപ്പ്) (13 June 1926 – 13 June 1987), popularly known by his pen name Kanam EJ, was a Malayalam novelist, short story writer, and lyricist. Along with his contemporary, Muttathu Varkey, he was known for a genre of sentiment-filled romantic fiction known as painkili (janapriya) novel in Malayalam literature, written with the common man in mind.[1] Philip started the well known Malayalam weekly Manorajyam and served as its editor.