About Vaduvur Duraisami Iyengar
Lived 1880 – 1942 (aged 61–62). Vaduvur Duraisami Iyengar was an Indian writer.
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).
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 Poorna Chandrodayam Part-1,2,3,4,5 Kumbakonam Vakkil Part-1,2, Maya Vinotha Parathesi Part-1,2,3, Menaka Part-1,2, Soundarya Gokilam Part-1,2,3, Madhana kalyani Part-1,2,3, Vidhyasagaram, Vasantha Mallika.
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Indian writer
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Vaduvur Duraisami Iyengar was born in 1880.
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Vaduvur Duraisami Iyengar died in 1942.
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Vaduvur Duraisami Iyengar was a writer.
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