M. T. Vasudevan Nair
1933–2024author, screenplay writer and film director (1933–2024)
writer
Kanam EJ
1926–1982, writes in Malayalam, writer
Elavunkal Joseph Philip, popularly known by his pen name Kanam EJ, was an Indian Malayalam language 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.
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Also writing in Malayalam
G. Sankara Kurup
1901–1978Malayali poet and literary critic (1901-1978)
S. K. Pottekkatt
1913–1982politician and writer (1913–1982)
Ayyappa Paniker
1930–2006poet and critic (1930-2006)
Balamani Amma
1909–2004writer and poet (1909–2004)
K. Sachhidanandan
b. 1946poet, linguist and translator