G. Venkatasubbiah, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

G. Venkatasubbiah

Indian lexicographer

Date of Birth: 23-Aug-1913

Place of Birth: Mysore, Karnataka, India

Profession: children's writer, linguist, lexicographer

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Ganjam Venkatasubbiah (born 23 August 1913) is a Kannada writer, grammarian, editor, lexicographer and critic who has 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, G.
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, phrases, 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 which came out exactly one hundred years after the first Kannada dictionary was authored by the German priest and Indologist Reverend Ferdinand Kittel in 1894.