Kanam E. J., Date of Birth, Date of Death

Kanam E. J.

writer

Date of Birth: 13-Jun-1926

Date of Death: 13-Jun-1982

Profession: writer, songwriter, lyricist

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Elavunkal Joseph Philip (Malayalam: ???????? ?????? ?????????) (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.
Philip started the well known Malayalam weekly Manorajyam and served as its editor.