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Vaduvur Duraisami Iyengar (1880 – 1942)[1] was a Tamil writer of detective fiction in the 1940s.

He is one of the pioneer in detective story writing in Tamil language.[2] 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),[3][4] Menaka (1955 film).[5]

In 1920 he started a journal called "Manoranjini". The aim of the journal was to propagate the importance of women's education.[6]

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.

References

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