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{{short description|Writer and Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = S. Venkatesan
| image = SU.VENKATESAN.JPG
| caption =S. Venkatesan
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1970|03|16|df=y}}
| birth_place =[[Harveypatti]], [[Madurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
| residence = Madurai
| death_date =
| death_place =
| constituency = [[Madurai (Lok Sabha constituency)|Madurai]]
| office = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| term_start = 2019
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[R. Gopalakrishnan]]
| successor =
| party =[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| religion =
| spouse = Kamala
| parents = Subburam, Nallamal
| children = Yazhini, Tamizhini
| website =
| footnotes =
| date = 31 August |
| year = 2019 |
| source = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4965 |title=Members : Lok Sabha |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831103007/http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4965 |accessdate=2020-07-21|archive-date=31 August 2019 }}</ref>
}}

'''S. Venkatesan''' also known as '''Su. Venkatesan''' is a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] writer from [[Tamil Nadu]], India and [[Tamil Nadu]] State Committee member of [[CPI(M)]].<ref name="pd0">{{cite web |url=https://peoplesdemocracy.in/2019/0602_pd/17th-lok-sabha-elections-victorious-candidates-cpim |title=17th Lok Sabha Elections: Victorious Candidates of CPI(M) |author= |date=2019-06-02 |website=People's Democracy |publisher=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] |access-date=2019-08-31 |quote="Su Venkatesan is a state committee member of the Party and a whole-timer of the Party. He is the state president of Tamil Nadu Progressive Writers and Artists Association. He was conferred the Sahitya Academy Award for his Tamil novel Kaval Kottam. His recent book Vel Pari was widely well-received among the public. He is well known in the literary field and is popular among general public. Su Venkatesan who contested from Madurai parliamentary constituency secured 4,47,075 (44 per cent) votes defeating his nearest rival (AIADMK candidate) by a margin of 1,34,119 votes."}}</ref> His debutant novel ''Kavalkottam'' published in 2008 was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil|Tamil]] in 2011. The film ''[[Aravaan]]'' is based on it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/19/stories/2010071957190200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100723145121/http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/19/stories/2010071957190200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-07-23 |title=Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Vasanthabalan at it again, going for offbeat theme |date=2010-07-19 |work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2011-10-05}}</ref> His second novel ''[[Veera Yuga Nayagan Velpari]]'' was serialised in Tamil popular magazine [[Ananda Vikatan]].<ref name="scroll0">{{cite news |last=Muralidharan |first=Kavitha |date=2018-12-08 |title=Meet Su Venkatesan, whose serialised Tamil novel 'Velpari' has crossed 100 instalments |url=https://scroll.in/article/904729/meet-su-venkatesan-whose-serialised-tamil-novel-velpari-has-crossed-100-instalments |work=Scroll.in |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831112930/https://scroll.in/article/904729/meet-su-venkatesan-whose-serialised-tamil-novel-velpari-has-crossed-100-instalments |archive-date=2019-08-31 |access-date=2019-08-31 }}</ref> He is the general secretary of the Tamil Nadu Progressive Writers and Artists Association.<ref name="pd0"/> S. Venkatesan contested as CPI(M) candidate in the [[2019 Indian general election]] from Madurai. He was elected to the Lok Sabha with a margin of 1.39 Lakhs of votes.<ref name="tnie0">{{cite news |date=2019-05-24 |title=Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha results: Here are all the winners |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/galleries/nation/2019/may/24/tamil-nadu-lok-sabha-results-here-are-all-the-winners-102294--1.html |work=The New Indian Express |location=Tamil Nadu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831113322/http://www.newindianexpress.com/galleries/nation/2019/may/24/tamil-nadu-lok-sabha-results-here-are-all-the-winners-102294--1.html |archive-date=2019-08-31 |access-date=2019-08-31 }}</ref>

==Political career==
S. Venkatesan joined the communist party CPI(M) and is a Member of Parliament from [[Madurai]].

==Awards==
In 2010, his [[historical novel]] ''Kaval Kottam'' received the Fiction Award from [[The Tamil Literary Garden]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Tamil Literary Garden Awards 2010|url=http://tamilliterarygarden.com/files/Book10.pdf}}</ref> Canada. The next year, it got him the prestigious [[Sahitya Academy Award]]<ref>{{cite news|title=சு.வெங்கடேசனுக்கு இந்த ஆண்டுக்கான சாகித்ய அகாதமி விருது|url=http://www.dinamani.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81.%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81+%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4+%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A9+%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AF+%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF+%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%81&artid=525815&SectionID=164&MainSectionID=164&SEO=&SectionName=Latest|access-date=21 December 2011|newspaper=[[Dina Mani]]|date=21 December 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120724203821/http://www.dinamani.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81.%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81+%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4+%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A9+%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AF+%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF+%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%81&artid=525815&SectionID=164&MainSectionID=164&SEO=&SectionName=Latest|archive-date=24 July 2012}}</ref> on the following year.

==References==
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{{Sahitya Akademi Award For Tamil}}

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