Mu. Varadarajan | |
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Born | (1912-04-25)25 April 1912 Velam, North Arcot District, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Ranipet District, Tamil Nadu, India) |
Died | 10 October 1974(1974-10-10) (aged 62) Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India |
Occupation | Professor, Tamil writer |
Children | Arasu, Pari, Nambi |
Relatives | Kumaran Pari M.B.B.S |
Mu. Varadarajan, also known as Mu. Va. and Varatharasanar, was a Tamil scholar, author and academic from Tamil Nadu, India.He was born in an aristocratic Tuluva Vellala family near Vellore. He was a prolific writer whose published works include 13 novels, 6 plays, 2 short story collections, 11 essay anthologies, a book on the history of Tamil literature, books on Tamil linguistics and children's books. During 1961–71, he was the head of the Tamil department at the University of Madras. In 1961, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for his novel Agal Vilakku. During 1971–74, he was the vice-chancellor of the University of Madurai.[1][2][3]
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