S. Venkatesan
S. Venkatesan also known as Su. Venkatesan is a Tamil writer from Tamil Nadu, India and Tamil Nadu State Committee member of CPI(M). His debutant novel Kavalkottam published in 2008 was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil in 2011. The film Aravaan is based on it. His second novel 'Veera Yuga Nayagan Velpari' was serialised in Tamil popular magazine Ananda Vikatan. 'Veera Yuga Nayagan Velpari' is the second Novel after Ponniyin Selvan to make a big craze between the readers at that time. He is the general secretary of the Tamil Nadu Progressive Writers and Artists Association. S. Venkatesan contested as CPI(M) candidate in the General elections 2019 from Madurai. He was elected to the Lok Sabha with a margin of 1.39 Lakhs of votes.

Political career
S. Venkatesan joined in the communist CPI(M) movement. A firebrand politician, S.Venkatesan Member of Parliament Madurai

Awards
In 2010, his historical novel 'Kaval Kottam' received the Fiction Award from The Tamil Literary Garden, Canada. The next year, it got him the prestigious Sahitya Academy Award on the following year.