Vaduvur Duraisami Iyengar (1880 – 1942) was a Tamil writer of detective fiction in the 1940s. He is one of the pioneer in detective story writing in Tamil language. His protagonist, Digambara Samiar, was a ''sanyasi'' or holy man on a mission to fight crime. Some of his works are made into movies such as Menaka (1935 film),

Menaka (1955 film) ''Menaka'' is a 1955 Indian Tamil language film directed by V. C. Subburaman. It is a remake of the 1935 film of the same name, in turn based on the novel of the same name by Vaduvur Duraisami Iyengar. The film stars K. R. Ramasamy and Lalith ...

. In 1920 he started a journal called "Manoranjini". The aim of the journal was to propagate the importance of women's education.

Works

His novels are *Purna cantirotayam ''Part-1,2,3,4,5'' *Kumbakonam vakkil ''Part-1,2'', *Maya Vinotha Parathesi ''Part-1,2,3'', *Menaka ''Part-1,2'', *Soundarya Kokilam ''Part-1,2,3'', *Mathana kalyani ''Part-1,2,3'', *Vidhyasagaram, *Vasantha Mallika.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Iyengar, Vadavur Tamil-language writers Tamil writers Indian male novelists 1880 births 1942 deaths 20th-century Indian novelists 20th-century Indian male writers