Na. Parthasarathy
Na. Parthasarathy (, 18 December 1932 – 13 December 1987), was a writer of Tamil historical novels from Tamil Nadu, India. In 1971, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for his novel "Samudhaya Veedhi". He was also a journalist who worked in "Kalki", "Dina Mani Kadhir" and later ran a magazine called "Deepam". He was known as "Deepam" Parthasarathy due to his magazine. He also published under various pet names like Theeran, Aravindan, Manivannan, Ponmudi, Valavan, Kadalazhagan, Ilampooranan and Sengulam Veerasinga Kavirayar.