Mu. Varadarajan, also known as Mu. Va. and Varatharasanar, was a
Tamil scholar, author and academic from
Tamil Nadu, India.
He was born in an aristocratic Tuluva Vellala family near Vellore. He was a prolific writer whose published works include 13 novels, 6 plays, 2 short story collections, 11 essay anthologies, a book on the history of
Tamil literature, books on Tamil linguistics and children's books. During 1961–71, he was the head 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 the
University of Madurai.[1][2][3]