The number of fellows cannot exceed 21 at a particular time. Sahitya Akademi Fellowship is the highest honour accorded by the Sahitya Akademi (India's National Academy of Letters) on a living writer.He was honoured with the Padma Shri in 2010. He was also awarded the Saraswati Samman in 1999. He is the only Tamil writer to receive both the Sahitya Akademi Award (1999) and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (2004). His best work include plays- "Aurangzeb", "Nandan Kathai" and "Ramanujar". Parthasarathy is a Tamil author and playwright, who has published 16 novels, 10 plays and anthologies of short stories and essays. He has authored over 100 books and 50 papers and poems. He has been honoured with several awards including the Sahitya Akademi Award, President's Certificate of Honours, Tulasi Award, Vishishta Puraskar, Dev Bhumi Award and Vachaspati Award among others. He can speak 22 languages and write in several languages including Sanskrit, Hindi, Maithili and Awadhi. He has never used Braille or any other form of aid to learn.
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