Mu. Varadarajan, also known as Mu. Va. and Varatharasanar, was a
Tamil
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People, culture and language
* Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka
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scholar, author and academic from Tamil Nadu, India.
He was born in an aristocratic
Thuluva Vellala
Thuluva Vellalar, also known as Agamudi Mudaliar or Arcot Mudaliars, is a caste found in northern Tamil Nadu, southern Andhra Pradesh and southern Karnataka. They were an elite and dominant land-owning community.
Etymology
The earliest occu ...
family near
Vellore
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. 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
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, books on Tamil linguistics and children's books. During 1961–71, he was the head of the Tamil department at the
University of Madras
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. In 1961, he was awarded the
Sahitya Akademi Award
The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 22 languages of the ...
for
Tamil
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People, culture and language
* Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka
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for his novel ''Agal Vilakku''. During 1971–74, he was the vice-chancellor of the
University of Madurai.
[Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955–2007]
Sahitya Akademi
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Official website.
Bibliography
Fiction
;Novels
# Kallo Kaviyamo
# Nenjil oru Mul
# Agal vilakku
# Karithundu
# Pertra manam
# Senthamarai
# Paavai
# Andha Naal
# Malar Vizhi
# Alli
# Kayamai
# Mann kudisai
# Vada malar
;Short stories
# Ki. pi. 2000
# Pazhiyum Pavamum
# Viduthala
# Kurattai oli
;Plays
# Pachayappar
# Manachandru
# Ilango
# Doctor ali
# Moondru nadagangal
# Kadhal enge?
Non-fiction
;Essays
# Aramum Arasiyalum
# Arasiyal alaigal
# Kuruvi por
# Penmai Vazhga
# Kuzhandhai
# Kalvi
# Mozhi parru
# Nattu Patru
# Ulaga peredu
# Mannin madhippu
# Nalvazhvu
;Literary history
# History of Tamil literature
# Tamil nenjam
# Manal veedu
# Thiruvalluval or Vazhkai vilakkam
# Thirukkural Thelivurai
# Ovacheydhi
# Kannagi
# Madhavi
# Mullai thinai
# Nedunthogai virundhu
# Kurunthogai virundhu
# Narrinai virundhu
# Ilakkiya araychi
# Narrinai selvam
# Kurunthogai selvam
# Nadaivandi
# Konguther vazhkai
# Pulavar kanneer
# Ilakkiya thiran
# Ilakkiya Marabu
#Ilango adigal
# Ilakkiya Katchikal
# Kural kattum kadhalar
# Sanga ilakkiyathil iyarkai
;Children's literature
# Kuzhandhai pattukal
# Ilaingarkku erra iniya pattugal
# Padiyathar padum paadu
# Kannudaya vazhvu
;Letter anthologies
# Annaikku
# Thambikku
# Thangaikku
# Nanbarukku
;Travelogues
# yan kanda ilankai
;Linguistics
# Mozhi nool
# Mozhiyin kathai
# Ezhuthin kathai
# Sollin kathai
# Mozhi varalaaru
#Mozhi iyar katturaigal
;Biography
# Aringar Bernard Shaw
# Gandhi annal
# Kavingar Tagore
# Thiru. Vi. Ka.
English books
# The Treatment of Nature in Sangam
# Ilango Adigal
References
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1912 births
1974 deaths
Indian Tamil people
Tamil writers
Writers from Tamil Nadu
Children's writers in Tamil
Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Tamil
Indian Tamil academics
Tirukkural commentators
20th-century Indian novelists
20th-century Indian short story writers
20th-century Indian essayists
20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights
Academic staff of the University of Madras
Heads of universities and colleges in India
Madurai Kamaraj University