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'''Vaduvur Duraisami Iyengar''' (1880 – 1942)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Muhkerjee |first=Meenakshi |title=Early novels in India |year=2002}}</ref> was a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] writer of detective fiction in the 1940s.

He is one of the pioneer in detective story writing in Tamil language.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Played many parts |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/randor-guy-on-comedianhero-t-r-ramachandran-played-many-parts/article7329320.ece |last=Guy |first=Randor |date=2015-06-18 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409094202/http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/randor-guy-on-comedianhero-t-r-ramachandran-played-many-parts/article7329320.ece |archive-date=2020-05-11 |access-date=2020-05-11}}</ref> 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)]],<ref name="du">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/menaka-1935/article3022401.ece |title=Menaka 1935 |last=Guy |first=Randor |date=4 January 2008 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=7 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928145337/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/menaka-1935/article3022401.ece |archive-date=28 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="hin">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/the-making-of-menaka/article596717.ece |title=The making of 'Menaka' |last=Guy |first=Randor |date=27 August 2010 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=7 July 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20170912005607/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/The-making-of-lsquoMenaka/article16146081.ece |archive-date=12 September 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Menaka (1955 film)]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/menaka-1955/article2421868.ece |title=Menaka 1955 |last=Guy |first=Randor |date=4 September 2011 |work=The Hindu |access-date=7 July 2017}}</ref>

In 1920 he started a journal called "Manoranjini". The aim of the journal was to propagate the importance of women's education.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Thilakavathy |first=M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UbWbDwAAQBAJ&q=vaduvur%2520duraisami%2520iyengar&pg=PA3 |title=Women's Development and Social Conflicts in India |publisher=MJP Publisher |year=2015 |isbn=978-81-8094-270-9 |location=Chennai |pages=3 |language=en}}</ref>

==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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