Indira Parthasarathy

Indira Parthasarathy
Born (1930-07-10) 10 July 1930 (age 94)
then Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
NicknameEe-Paa
OccupationNovelist, Playwright
Notable workKuruthi Punal
Notable awardsPadma Shri; Sahitya Akademi; Sangeet Natak Akademi; Saraswati Samman
Website
indiraparthasarathy.wordpress.com

R. Parthasarathy, commonly known as Indira Parthasarathy or Ee. Paa., is an Indian author and playwright who writes in Tamil. He has published 16 novels, 10 plays, anthologies of short stories, and essays.[1] He is best known for his plays, "Aurangzeb", "Nandan Kathai" and "Ramanujar".[2]

He has been awarded the Saraswati Samman (1999), and is the only Tamil writer to receive both the Sahitya Akademi Award (1977) and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (2004).[1][2] He received Padma Shri in the year 2010, given by Government of India.[3]

  1. ^ a b Ramnarayan, Gowri. "The Saturday Interview — The write stuff". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Some poignant moments". The Hindu. 9 September 2005. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  3. ^ Press Information Bureau Padma Shri # 37