G. Venkatasubbaiah

G. Venkatasubbaiah

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G. Venkatasubbaiah Profile

  • Name:
  • G. Venkatasubbaiah
  • Born:
  • August 23, 1913
  • Father:
  • Ganjam Thimmanniah

G. Venkatasubbaiah Biography

G. Venkatasubbaiah is a lexicographer from Kannada who has compiled over 10 dictionaries and worked as editor for over 25 books. He is also known as a scholar and critic and one of the pioneers of Kannada literature at present. He has also published a few papers and widely regarded as the father of the modern Kannada dictionary. He is best known for editing the Kannada Vishwakosha (Kannada Encyclopaedia) and Kannada dictionary. Kannada Sahitya Academy award, Nadoja Award and Karnataka Rajyotsava award are the major honours received by him. He taught Kannada at the Maharaja's College in Mysore and Vijaya College. He also served as the President of the Kannada Sahitya Parishat from 1964 to 1969 and as the vice-president of the Lexicographical Association of India for 17 years.

 

Ganjam Venkatasubbaiah was born on August 23, 1913 in Mysore. His father Ganjam Thimmanniah was a renowned scholar of Kannada and Sanskrit. Ganjam Venkatasubbaiah was University topper of Masters of Arts in 1932. After PG, he took teaching as his profession and took Kannada as his main subject. He also served as Head of department of Kannada in Vijaya College. His popular column Igo Kannada was published in Prajavani daily newspaper. He believes that lexicography should be introduced as a subject at the graduate and postgraduate levels.

 

His contribution to Kannada literature is immensely huge. He complied over 10 dictionaries including one 8-volume Kannada-Kannada dictionary. During the event of Silver Jubilee celebrations of Karnataka state, he published Kannada dictionary - Klishtapada Kosha. He was honoured at Kannada Sahitya Sammelana held at Bangalore in 2011. He is also a recipient of Masti award in 2005, named after the Jnanapith Award-winning Kannada writer Masti Venkatesha Iyengar.

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Updated: October 10, 2014

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