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Yedhayo Pesinaar - Written by Mu. Varadarajan(b.25 April 1912 - d. 10 October 1974), also known as Mu. Va. andVaratharasanar, was a Tamil scholar, author and academic from TamilNadu, India. He was a prolific writer whose published works include13 novels, 6 plays, 2 short story collections, 11 essayanthologies, a book on the history of Tamil literature, books onTamil linguistics and children's books. During 1961-71, he was thehead 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 theUniversity of Madurai.