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| G. Venkatasubbaiah |
Prof. Venkatasubbaiah |
| Born |
August 23, 1913 (1913-08-23) (age 96)
Mysore |
| Occupation |
Writer, Researcher, Teacher |
| Writing period |
20th Century |
| Subjects |
Lexicography |
Prof. G. Venkatasubbaiah (Kannada:
ಪ್ರೊ ಜಿ.ವೆಂಕಟಸುಬ್ಬಯ್ಯ) is a
renowned Kannada lexicographer, who
has compiled over 10 dictionaries, edited over 25 books and
published several papers. He is regarded as the father of the
modern Kannada dictionary.[1]
Early
life and education
Venkatasubbaiah was born on August 23, 1913.[2]
He was born and brought up in Mysore. He is the son of renowned Kannada and Sanskrit scholar Ganjam
Thimmanniah. He secured his Masters of Arts degree
from the Maharaja college in Mysore
in the year 1932, ranking first in the university. He took up the
teaching profession and taught Kannada language at the Maharaja's College
in Mysore and the Vijaya college in Bangalore.
Literary
contributions
Venkatasubbaiah has compiled more than 10 dictionaries,
including an eight-volume Kannada-Kannada Nighantu (Dictionary).
This dictionary has also been translated to the Braille language by the Braille Transcription
Centre of the Canara
Bank Relief and Welfare Society.[3]
He has been writing the popular column, Igo Kannada for
over a decade in the major Kannada daily, Prajavani. The articles published in
Igo Kannada have been compiled into a book in two
volumes.[4]
He has also authored a dictionary entitled Klishtapada
Kosha (a dictionary of complex Kannada words) which was
released to mark the Suvarna Karnataka (Silver Jubilee of the
formation of Karnataka).[5] It
is the first of its kind in Kannada language which covers different
language specifications such as derivation, punctuation, phoneme and morphological patterns of Kannada
language as the language has evolved over the centuries.[5]
He has served as the vice president of the Lexicographical
Association of India for 17 years.[4]
In 1998, he was appointed as an advisor to the multilingual
dictionary project of the Institute of Asian Studies, Chennai,
which comprises Japanese, Kannada, English and Tamil.[4]
He was also appointed as a consultative committee member in the
Telugu lexicon project initiated by the Telugu Academy of the
Government of Andhra Pradesh.
Awards
and recognitions
Venkatasubbaiah has been conferred numerous awards, important
among which are the Kannada Sahitya Academy award, the Karnataka
Rajyotsava award and the Nadoja award, which is honorary degree
equivalent to the D.Litt degree. He has also been awarded the Masti Award by the Government of Karnataka. He was
President of the Kannada Sahitya Parishat from
1964-69. He has also chaired the annual Kannada literary festival,
Alvas Nudisiri in 2007.[6]
[7]
He was also congratulated at the first international lexicographers
meeting held in Annamalai University in Tamil Nadu.[4]
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