Ganjam Venkatasubbiah | |
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| Born | 23 August 1913 Ganjam, Srirangapatna[1] |
| Died | 19 April 2021 (aged 107) Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Occupation | Writer, researcher, teacher |
| Period | 20th century |
| Subject | Lexicography, Kannada Grammar, Editorship |
| Notable awards | Padma Shri Sahitya Akademi Award Pampa Award |
| Spouse | Lakshmi |
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| G. Venkatasubbiah | |
Ganjam Venkatasubbiah[2] (23 August 1913 – 19 April 2021), also known as G. V., was a Kannada writer, grammarian, editor, lexicographer, and critic who compiled over eight dictionaries, authored four seminal works on dictionary science in Kannada, edited over sixty books, and published several papers. Recipient of the Kannada Sahitya Akademi Award and the Pampa Award, Venkatasubbiah's contribution to the world of Kannada Lexicography is vast. His work Igo Kannada is a socio-linguistic dictionary which encompasses an eclectic mix of Kannada phrases, usages, idioms, and serves as a reference for linguists and sociologists alike.
Venkatasubbiah is best known for his work on Kannada dictionary science titled Kannada Nighantu Shastra Parichaya.[3] This came out exactly one hundred years after a Kannada-English dictionary was authored by the German priest and Indologist Reverend Ferdinand Kittel in 1894. This work became an addition to a tradition of dictionary writing in Kannada known for at least thousand years starting with first available Rannakanda.[4][5]
- ^ "Karnataka: Centenarian lexicographer G Venkatasubbaiah dead". The Times of India. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ "Venkatasubbaiah deserves Jnanpith: Haranahalli". The Hindu. 20 January 2003. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
- ^ Arun, G. V. (2013). ಕನ್ನಡದ ಅರ್ಥವನ್ನು ತಿಳಿಸಿದ ನಾಡೋಜ ಪ್ರೊ. ಜಿ. ವೆಂಕಟಸುಬ್ಬಯ್ಯ (First ed.). Bangalore: Jwalamukhi Mudranalaya. pp. 1–64.
- ^ Sastri 2002, p. 356.
- ^ Mukherjee 1999, p. 324.