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{{Infobox writer<br />
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| name = Indira Parthasarathy<br />
| nickname = Eeepaa<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1930|07|10}}<br />
| birth_place = [[then Madras]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
| occupation = Novelist, Playwright<br />
| notablework = [[Kuruthipunal (novel)|Kuruthi Punal]]<br />
|awards = [[Padma Shri]]; [[Sahitya Akademi]]; [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]]; [[Saraswati Samman]]<br />
| website = {{URL|indiraparthasarathy.wordpress.com}}<br />
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'''R. Parthasarathy''', commonly known as '''Indira Parthasarathy''' or '''Ee. Paa.''', is an Indian author and playwright who writes in [[Tamil language|Tamil]]. He has published 16 novels, 10 plays, anthologies of short stories, and essays.<ref name=hindu14>{{cite web | title = The Saturday Interview — The write stuff |newspaper= The Hindu| url = http://www.thehindu.com/books/the-saturday-interview-the-write-stuff/article804496.ece | access-date = 2014-05-13 | first = Gowri | last = Ramnarayan }}</ref> He is best known for his plays, "Aurangzeb", "Nandan Kathai" and "Ramanujar".<ref name=hindu05/><br />
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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).<ref name=hindu14/><ref name=hindu05>{{cite web | title =Some poignant moments | url = http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/09/09/stories/2005090902130300.htm| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140514081004/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/09/09/stories/2005090902130300.htm| url-status = dead| archive-date = 14 May 2014|date=9 September 2005| newspaper =[[The Hindu]] | access-date = 2014-05-13 }}</ref> He received [[Padma Shri]] in the year 2010, given by Government of India.<ref>[http://www.pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=57307 Press Information Bureau Padma Shri # 37]</ref> Indira Parthasarathy is honoured as Fellow of Sahitya Academy on 29th March 2022. <br />
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==Biography==<br />
He was born on 10 July 1930 in Chennai in a traditional [[Iyengar]] family and was brought up in Kumbakonam where he did his schooling and graduation.<br />
He did his M.A.at Annamalai University. His siblings are R.Venkatachari and R.Santanam.<br />
He has written several short stories, plays and novels in Tamil that have been translated into several Indian and world languages.<br />
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He has carved a special niche for himself in Tamil literature - his characters, mostly urban intellectuals, speak very openly and analyze deeply what others say. Most of his novels are set in Delhi, where he lived during his working years, or in the [[Srirangam]] area of [[Tamil Nadu]], where he spent his childhood. Some of his novels, such as ''Kuruthi Punal'' intermingle these two milieus.<br />
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He has won several awards including the Sangeeth Natak Academy, [[Sahitya Academy]] and [[Saraswathi Samman]] Award. He is the only Tamil writer to have won both the Sangeeth Natak and Sahitya Academy Award.<br />
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==Works==<br />
Some of Ee. Paa.'s novels are:<br /><br />
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''Thiraigalukku Appaal''<br /><br />
''[[Kuruthipunal (novel)|Kuruthi Punal]]'' ([[Sahitya Akademi Award|Sahitya Academy Award]]-winning novel)<br /><br />
''Aakasa Thamarai''<br /><br />
''Helicoptergal Keezhe Irangi Vittana''<br /><br />
''Mayaman Vettai''<br /><br />
''Theevukal''<br /><br />
''Yesuvin Thozhargal''<br /><br />
''Suthanthira Bhoomi''<br /><br />
''Krishna Krishna''<br /><br />
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Plays by Ee. Paa.:<br /><br />
''Uchchi Veyyil''<br /><br />
''Porvai Porthiya Udalgal''<br /><br />
''Aurangazeb''<br /><br />
''Nandan Kathai''<br /><br />
''Ramanujar''<br /><br />
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==Works in adaptation==<br />
''[[Marupakkam]]'' (1991) directed by [[K.S. Sethu Madhavan]], is based on his novel ''Uchi Veyyil'', and won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Indian writers]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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