Anu Garg
| Anu Garg | |
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| Born |
Anurag Garg April 5, 1967 Meerut, India |
| Occupation | Writer, speaker, columnist, software engineer |
| Genres | Non-fiction |
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wordsmith.org/anu/ | |
Anu Garg (born April 5, 1967) is an Indian-American author and speaker. He is also founder of Wordsmith.org, an online community comprising word lovers from an estimated 200 countries.[1] His books explore the joy of words. He has authored several books about language-related issues for magazines and newspapers. He is a columnist for MSN Encarta[2] and Kahani magazine.[3]
Biography
Garg was born in rural India. His schooling took place under a mango tree, his classroom consisting of a few broken sticks of chalk and a blackboard made by painting a flat piece of wood with soot. The only language he knew was Hindi, and he did not see a library until college. Garg graduated from Harcourt Butler Technological Institute in Computer Science in 1988.[4] He lives in the Seattle area with his wife, Stuti and daughter, Ananya. Garg became a naturalized US citizen in 2008.[5] He is a vegan.[6]
Career
He started his career from United States to receive graduate studies in Computer Science at Case Western Reserve University,[7] and then worked as a computer scientist at AT&T and other corporations. He founded Wordsmith.org in 1994, during his graduate work.[8] In 2010, the number of subscribers to Wordsmith.org's "A Word A Day" email list reached one million.
Bibliography
- A Word A Day - A Romp Through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words[2][3]
- Another Word A Day : An All-new Romp through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English[2][3]
- The Dord, the Diglot, and an Avocado or Two: The Hidden Lives and Strange Origins of Common and Not-So-Common Words[2][3]
See also
References
- ↑ Hafner, Katie (2002-11-28). "A Word of the Day Keeps Banality at Bay". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-07-01.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 MSN Encarta. Archived from the original on 2009-10-31. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Kahani". Retrieved 2008-07-30.
- ↑ "Anu Garg's Resume". Wordsmith.org. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
- ↑ "Sign up to be a poll judge". Seattlepi.com. 2008-11-02. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
- ↑ ""On Food: Wordsmith delves into the origins of food-related terms"". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
- ↑ "Log-o-phil-ia Is Addictive". Smithsonian. 2000-12-01. Archived from the original on 2007-07-03. Retrieved 2007-07-01.
- ↑ Hauser, Susan G. (September 26, 2001). "A Word a Day – Say, 'Gasconade' – Keeps Boredom at Bay". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on January 24, 2002.
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