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{{Short description|Kannada writer, grammarian, editor, lexicographer, and critic (1913–2021)}}
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{{Infobox writer 
| name = Ganjam Venkatasubbiah
| image = G._Venkatasubbaiah.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1913|8|23}}
| birth_place = Ganjam, [[Srirangapatna]], [[Kingdom of Mysore]], [[British Raj]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/karnataka-centenarian-lexicographer-g-venkatasubbaiah-dead/articleshow/82154518.cms|title=Karnataka: Centenarian lexicographer G Venkatasubbaiah dead|work=The Times of India|date=20 April 2021|access-date=24 April 2021}}</ref>
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|4|19|1913|8|23|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]
| occupation = Writer, researcher, teacher
| period = 20th century
| genre =
| subject = [[Lexicography]], Kannada Grammar, Editorship
| spouse = Lakshmi
| signature =
| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br />[[Sahitya Akademi Award]]<br />[[Pampa Award]]
| website = [https://www.srikanta-sastri.org/gvenkatasubbiah G. Venkatasubbiah]
}}

'''Ganjam Venkatasubbiah'''<ref name="Full name">{{cite news|title = Venkatasubbaiah deserves Jnanpith: Haranahalli|newspaper = [[The Hindu]]|date = 20 January 2003|url = http://www.hindu.com/2003/01/20/stories/2003012003330400.htm|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121002064744/http://hindu.com/2003/01/20/stories/2003012003330400.htm|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2 October 2012|access-date = 24 March 2014}}</ref> (23 August 1913 – 19 April 2021), also known as '''G. V.''', was a [[Kannada]] writer, [[Linguistics|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''.<ref name="ಕನ್ನಡದ ಅರ್ಥವನ್ನು ತಿಳಿಸಿದ ನಾಡೋಜ ಪ್ರೊ. ಜಿ. ವೆಂಕಟಸುಬ್ಬಯ್ಯ">{{cite book|last1=Arun|first1=G. V.|title=ಕನ್ನಡದ ಅರ್ಥವನ್ನು ತಿಳಿಸಿದ ನಾಡೋಜ ಪ್ರೊ. ಜಿ. ವೆಂಕಟಸುಬ್ಬಯ್ಯ|date=2013|publisher=Jwalamukhi Mudranalaya|location=Bangalore|pages=1–64|edition=First|ref=ಕನ್ನಡದ ಅರ್ಥವನ್ನು ತಿಳಿಸಿದ ನಾಡೋಜ ಪ್ರೊ. ಜಿ. ವೆಂಕಟಸುಬ್ಬಯ್ಯ}}</ref> 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.{{sfn|Sastri|2002|p=356}}{{sfn|Mukherjee|1999|p=324}}

==Early life and education==
[[File:B.A.Honours-Second Year - Maharaja College, Mysore (1940s).jpg|thumb|left|B. A. Honours II Year Maharaja College Group Photo showing B. M. Srikantaiah, S. Srikanta Sastri and G. Venkatasubbiah]]
Venkatasubbiah was born on 23 August 1913.<ref name="birth">{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2003/01/20/stories/2003012003330400.htm|work=Online Edition of The Hindu, dated 20 January 2003|title=Venkatasubbaiah deserves Jnanpith: Haranahalli|access-date=26 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050128091708/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2003/01/20/stories/2003012003330400.htm|archive-date=28 January 2005|url-status=usurped}}</ref> His father Ganjam Thimmanniah was a renowned Kannada and Sanskrit scholar. He was instrumental in inspiring in Venkatasubbiah a love for old Kannada. His primary schooling was spread out across the towns of [[Bannur]] and [[Madhugiri]] in the south Indian state of [[Karnataka]]. The second child in a family of eight, Venkatasubbiah had to follow his father from town to town as he frequently kept getting transferred in his Government job. By the early 1930s, Venkatasubbiah's family relocated to city of Mysore where he joined Yuvaraja college for his intermediate course where he came under the influence of [[K. V. Puttappa]] (''Kuvempu''). Venkatasubbiah then joined the Maharaja College at Mysore to pursue his Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree. His chosen subjects included Ancient History, Sanskrit and old Kannada among others. Here he came under the tutelage of [[T. S. Venkannayya]] who taught ''[[Pampa Bharata]]'', [[D. L. Narasimhachar]] who taught ''Editorial Science'', [[T. N. Srikantaiah]] who taught ''Kavyamimamse'' and [[S. Srikanta Sastri]] who taught ''Karnataka History''.<ref name="G. Venkatasubbaiah – Biography">{{cite web|last1=Sastri|first1=S. Srikanta|title=G. Venkatasubbaiah – Dr S. Srikanta Sastri {{!}} Official Website|url=http://www.srikanta-sastri.org/g-venkatasubbaiah/4592707820|website=www.srikanta-sastri.org|publisher=Website Administrator|access-date=19 July 2016}}{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Venkatasubbiah completed his M. A. between 1936–38 and was recipient of the University Gold Medal.

==Academician==

Venkatasubbiah taught English at Municipal High School, Mandya and Bangalore High School, Bangalore before joining Vijaya College as faculty in the Kannada department. During these years, Venkatasubbiah inspired his friend and colleague Ramachandra Sharma to publish his collection of Kannada poetry in a book form. This was brought out under the title of ''Hrudayageethe'' with a preface by [[Gopalakrishna Adiga]] and [[S. R. Ekkundi]]. At Vijaya College, he is remembered for starting the student magazine ''Utsaha''. He served at that college as a Lecturer, Professor and Principal before retiring. He was actively involved in the Mysore University Academic Council and Private College Teachers' Association during these years.

==Literary contributions==
Venkatasubbiah 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.<ref name="braill">{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/Archives/mar302007/state13132007330.asp|work=Online Edition of The Deccan Herald, dated 30 March 2007|title=Braille version of dictionary|access-date=27 October 2007|archive-date=26 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230726192916/https://www.deccanherald.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He has been writing the column, ''Igo Kannada'' for over a decade in the Kannada daily ''[[Prajavani]]''. The articles published in ''Igo Kannada<ref name="Igō Kannaḍa: sāmājika nighaṇṭu2">{{cite book|last1=Veṅkaṭasubbayya|first1=G|title=Igō Kannaḍa: sāmājika nighaṇṭu|publisher=Navakarnāṭaka Prakāśana|date=1 January 1996|oclc=37480829}}</ref>'' have been compiled into a book in four volumes.<ref name="awards"/> It is a social dictionary which encompasses an eclectic mix of Kannada phrases, usages, idioms and phrases. 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).<ref name="klk">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/02/stories/2007050204290400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091102233127/http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/02/stories/2007050204290400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 November 2009|title=Expert for permanent lexicography section|author=K. N. Venkatasubba Rao|access-date=27 October 2007|location=Chennai, India|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2 May 2007}}</ref> 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.<ref name="klk"/>

Venkatasubbaiah is remembered 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.<ref name="ಕನ್ನಡದ ಅರ್ಥವನ್ನು ತಿಳಿಸಿದ ನಾಡೋಜ ಪ್ರೊ. ಜಿ. ವೆಂಕಟಸುಬ್ಬಯ್ಯ"/><ref name="ಪುರಾಣ ಕಥಾವಳಿಯ ಪ೦ಡಿತ ಜಿ. ತಿಮ್ಮಣ್ಣಯ್ಯನವರು">{{cite book|last1=Venkatasubbaiah|first1=G|title=ಪುರಾಣ ಕಥಾವಳಿಯ ಪ೦ಡಿತ ಜಿ. ತಿಮ್ಮಣ್ಣಯ್ಯನವರು|date=2013|publisher=Hoysalamale Sampadaka Mandali|location=Bangalore|pages=1–56|edition=First|ref=ಪುರಾಣ ಕಥಾವಳಿಯ ಪ೦ಡಿತ ಜಿ. ತಿಮ್ಮಣ್ಣಯ್ಯನವರು}}</ref> Between 1964 - 1969, while at the Kannada Sahitya Parishat (Kannada Literary Centre), he had the distinction of being its youngest president. As President, he was instrumental in increasing the society's financial grants from the Government. He was chief editor of the 'Kannada - Kannada Dictionary' project. He was involved in Kannada Encyclopaedia Project, Sahitya Sammelana (Literary Fest) at [[Karwar]] and [[Shravanabelagola]] and as the Editor of Kannada Sahitya Parishat's monthly magazine ''Kannada Nudi''. He has served as the vice-president of the Lexicographical Association of India for 17 years.<ref name="awards"/> In 1998, he was appointed an advisor to the multilingual dictionary project of the Institute of Asian Studies, Chennai, which comprises [[Japanese language|Japanese]], [[Kannada]], [[English language|English]] and [[Tamil language|Tamil]].<ref name="awards"/> He was also appointed a consultative committee member in the Telugu lexicon project initiated by the Telugu Academy of the Government of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. He was the First President of Bidar District 1st Kannada Sahitya Sammelana (Kannada Literary Festival) held in the year 1974. He was honoured with the Presidency of 77th Akhila Bharata [[Kannada Sahitya Sammelana]] (All India Kannada Literary Meet) held at Bangalore on 2011.

===Lexicography===
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1975)'' - Kannada – Kannada Concise Dictionary<ref name="Kannaḍa Sāhitya Pariṣattina Kannaḍa nighaṇṭu.">{{cite book|last1=Veṅkaṭasubbayya|first1=G|last2=Basavarādhya|first2=N|title=Kannaḍa Sāhitya Pariṣattina Kannaḍa nighaṇṭu.|publisher=Kannaḍa Sāhitya Pariṣattu|date=1 January 1970|oclc=81625579}}</ref>
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1981)'' – Kannada – Kannada – English Dictionary<ref name="Kannaḍa Sāhitya Paris attina Kannaḍa nighaṇṭu">{{cite book|last1=Narasiṃhācār|first1=Ḍ. L.|last2=Veṅkaṭasubbayya|first2=G|title=Kannaḍa Sāhitya Paris attina Kannaḍa nighaṇṭu /[Di. El. Narasiṃhāchār ... et al.].|publisher=Kannaḍa sāhitya Pariṣattu|language=kn|date=1 January 1971|oclc=22950996}}</ref>
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1993)'' – Kannada Nighantu Shastra Parichaya
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1996)'' – Muddanna Padaprayoga Kosha
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1998)'' – Patrika Padakosha
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1998)'' – Eravalu Padakosha (Borrowed words in Kannada)
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1996 - 2013)'' – Igo Kannada (1) – Sociolinguistic Dictionary<ref name="Igō Kannaḍa: sāmājika nighaṇṭu2"/>
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (2001 – 2013)'' – Igo Kannada (2) – Sociolinguistic Dictionary
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (2009 – 2013)'' – Igo Kannada (3) – Sociolinguistic Dictionary
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (2001)'' – Prof G. V.’s Prism English – Kannada Dictionary
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (2003)'' – Kannada Nighantu Parivara
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (2006)'' – Kannada Klishtapada Kosha
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (2010)'' – Shabda mathu artha
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (2012)'' – Kannada Lexicography and other articles

===Literary criticism and history of Kannada literature===
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1942)'' – Nayasena<ref name="Nayasēna.">{{cite book|last1=Venkatasubbaiah|first1=G|title=Nayasēna.|publisher=Prasārāṅga, Maisūru Viśvavidyanilaya|language=kn|date=1 January 1966|oclc=18244364}}</ref>
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1952)'' – College Translation
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1954)'' – Translations Lessons (1)
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1954)'' – Translations Lessons (2)
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1954)'' – Translations Lessons (3)
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1957)'' – Anukalpane<ref name="Anukalpane: kavi-kāvya vimarśe">{{cite book|last1=Veṅkaṭasubbayya|first1=G|title=Anukalpane: kavi-kāvya vimarśe|publisher=Pratibhā Prakaṭaṇa Mandira|date=1 January 1957|oclc=48071561}}</ref>
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1968)'' – Kannada Shashana Parichaya
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1978)'' – Kannada Sahitya Nadedubanda Dari<ref name="Kannaḍa sāhitya naḍedubanda dāri">{{cite book|last1=Veṅkaṭasubbayya|first1=G|title=Kannaḍa sāhitya naḍedubanda dāri|publisher=Aibiec Prakāṣana|language=kn|date=1 January 1978|oclc=500436486}}</ref>
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1986)'' – Prof. T. S. Venkannayya
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1996)'' – D. V. Gundappa
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1999)'' - Kannaḍavannu Uḷisidavaru<ref name="Kannaḍavannu uḷisidavaru">{{cite book|last1=Veṅkaṭasubbayya|first1=G|title=Kannaḍavannu uḷisidavaru|publisher=Karnāṭaka Sangha|language=kn|date=1 January 1999|oclc=499894423}}</ref>
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1999)'' – Kannadavannu Ulisi Belisidavaru
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (2000)'' – Sahitya mathu Shikshana
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (2000)'' – Kannadada Nayakamanigalu
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (2002)'' – Inuku Nota<ref name="Iṇuku nōṭa: hosagannaḍadalli halạgannaḍada siri">{{cite book|last1=Veṅkaṭasubbayya|first1=G|title=Iṇuku nōṭa: hosagannaḍadalli halạgannaḍada siri|publisher=Vasanta Prakaśana|language=kn|date=1 January 2002|oclc=498730512}}</ref>
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (2003)'' – Karnataka Vaibhava
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (2003)'' – Paramarshana
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (2003)'' – Kavya Chinthana
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (2003)'' – Seelunota
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (2006)'' – Margadarshakaru
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (2007)'' – Gatiprajne
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (2008)'' – Samaya Sandarbha Sannivesha<ref name="Samaya-sandarbha-sannivēśa">{{cite book|last1=Veṅkaṭasubbayya|first1=G|title=Samaya-sandarbha-sannivēśa|publisher=Sapna Buk Haus|date=1 January 2008|oclc=426067698}}</ref>
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (2010)'' – Kumaravyasana antaranga – Yudha Panchakadalli<ref name="Kumāravyāsana antaraṅga: yuddhapañcakadalli">{{cite book|last1=Veṅkaṭasubbayya|first1=G|title=Kumāravyāsana antaraṅga: yuddhapañcakadalli|date=1 January 2010|oclc=894816834}}</ref>
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (2011)'' – Sarigannada Sarasvaturu
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (2011)'' – Kavya Chinthana mathu Jivana Manthana
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (2011)'' – G. V. Vichara Vihara
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (2011)'' – Ondishtu Ramayana Ondishtu Mahabharata
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (2013)'' – Purana Kathavaliya Ganjam Thimmannayya

===Editorial work===
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1964)'' – Kannada Rathna Parichaya
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1966)'' – Nalachampu Sangraha
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1966)'' – Akrura Charithreya Sangraha
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1966)'' – Karna Karnamruta<ref name="Karṇa karṇāmr̥ta">{{cite book|last1=Veṅkaṭasubbayya|first1=G|title=Karṇa karṇāmr̥ta|publisher=Kannaḍa Sāhitya Pariṣattu|date=1 January 1967|oclc=39993380}}</ref>
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1968)'' – Kavya Lahiri
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1970)'' – Kavya Samputa
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1987)'' – Muddanna Bhandara, Part 1<ref name="Bhaṇḍāra. 1">{{cite book|last1=Veṅkaṭasubbayya|first1=Gañjām|title=Bhaṇḍāra. 1|publisher=Kannaḍa mattu Saṃskr̥ti Nirdēśanālaya|date=1 January 1987|oclc=750730313}}</ref><ref name="Muddaṇa bhaṇḍāra">{{cite book|last1=Veṅkaṭsubbayya|first1=G|title=Muddaṇa bhaṇḍāra|publisher=Kannaḍa mattu Saṃskr̥ti Nirdēśanālaya|language=kn|date=1 January 1987|oclc=21908975}}</ref>
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1987)'' – Muddanna Bhandara, Part 2
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1991)'' – Tamilu Kathegalu
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1991)'' – Telugu Kathegalu
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1991)'' – Malayalam Kathegalu
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1991)'' – Kannada Kathegalu
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1993)'' – Iruvatu Kannada Cherukathakal (Malayalam)
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1996)'' – Kannada Kathanikala Sankalanam (Telugu)<ref name="Kannaḍa kathānikala saṃkalanaṃ">{{cite book|last1=Veṅkaṭasubbayya|first1=G|last2=Śarmā|first2=Rāmacandra|title=Kannaḍa kathānikala saṃkalanaṃ|publisher=Sāhitya Akādemī|date=1 January 1996|oclc=46359327}}</ref>
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1996)'' – Ratnakaravarni
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1996)'' – Sri Rama Sambhava
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (2007)'' – Baligondu Belaku, Ramayanada Drishti
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (2007)'' – Karnatakada Ekikaranada Anubhavagalu
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (2008)'' – Barthruhari Virachitha Vakyapadiyada Sadhana Samudhesha
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (2008)'' – Hoysala Karnataka Rajyothsava Samputa
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (2010)'' – Samskruta Ramayana Natakagallali Patra Vaividhya
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (2011)'' – Nagarasana Karnataka Bagavadgeethe
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (2012)'' – Ramayanada Antaranga
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (2008-15)'' – Hoysala Male (series)

===Translations===
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1964)'' – Lindon Johnson Kathe<ref name="Liṇḍan jānsannara kathe">{{cite book|last1=Veṅkaṭasubbayya|first1=G|title=Liṇḍan jānsannara kathe|publisher=Higgin Bāthams|date=1 January 1967|oclc=699732206}}</ref>
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1965)'' – Samyuktha Samsthanagallanu Parichaya Madikolli
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1972)'' – Śaṅkarācārya (original by T M P Mahadevan)<ref name="Śaṅkarācārya (Translation by G. V.)">{{cite book|last1=Mahadevan|first1=T. M. P|title=Śaṅkarācārya (Translation by G. V.)|publisher=Nyāṣanal Buk Ṭrasṭ|date=1 January 1972|oclc=499807578}}</ref>
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1974)'' – Kabir
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1985)'' – Saraladasa
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1980-82)'' – Idu Namma Bharata
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (2005)'' – Beyond the Known
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (2007)'' – Muddannana Mooru Ramayanagalu

===Children's books===
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1967)'' – Robinson Crusoe<ref name="Rābinsan Krūsō">{{cite book|last1=Defoe|first1=Daniel|last2=Veṅkaṭasubbayya|first2=G|title=Rābinsan Krūsō|publisher=Karnāṭaka Sahakāri Prakāśana Mandira|date=1 January 1967|oclc=610176820}}</ref>
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1972)'' – Kavi Janna
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (1975)'' – Chavundaraya
* ''G. Venkatasubbiah (2011)'' – Chinnara Chitra Ramayana<ref name="Ciṇṇara citra Rāmāyaṇa: Bhavānarāva Śrīnivāsarāva ūrpha Bāḷāsāhēba Paṇḍita Pantapratinidhi, saṃthāna aundha, ivaru racisidda citragaḷōḍane">{{cite book|last1=Veṅkaṭasubbayya|first1=G|last2=Pant|first2=Bhawanrao Srinivasrao|title=Ciṇṇara citra Rāmāyaṇa: Bhavānarāva Śrīnivāsarāva ūrpha Bāḷāsāhēba Paṇḍita Pantapratinidhi, saṃthāna aundha, ivaru racisidda citragaḷōḍane|publisher=Prisam Buks|date=1 January 2011|oclc=760171744}}</ref>

==Late life and recognition==
Numerous felicitation volumes have been brought forth in honour of Venkatasubbiah's contribution to the world of Kannada literature and lexicography. In addition to these, various awards have been bestowed upon him. On his 60th birthday, a felicitation volume titled ''Sahityajeevi'' was presented to him. Similarly, in his ninetieth year, ''Shabdasagara'' was brought forth. In 2011, he was presented with a felicitation volume ''Vidvajeevita'' which was a collection of articles authored by writers from South Canara region of Karnataka and edited by Dr. Padekallu Vishnubhatta. To mark his centenary, another felicitation volume titled ''Shatanamana'' was presented to him at a gala function at Bangalore. Venkatasubbiah at the age of 102 years was the presiding guest of honour at the book launch of ''[http://www.srikanta-sastri.org/srikanthayana-book-launch/4592467202 Srikanthayana] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812011215/http://srikanta-sastri.org/srikanthayana-book-launch/4592467202 |date=12 August 2020 }}'' - collection of writings in English on subjects related to [[History]], [[Indology]] and [[Archaeology]] by his teacher [[S. Srikanta Sastri]] in 2016.

===List of awards===
[[File:G. Venkatasubbaiah Felicitation.jpg|thumb|right|G. Venkatasubbiah being felicitated by L. K. Advani at Bangalore - 2012]]
* Vidyalankara – from Charukeerthi Bhattaraka Swamiji
* [[Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award]]
* [[Rajyotsava Award]]
* Karnataka Sahitya Academy Honorary Award
* Karnataka Ekikarana Prashasthi
* Shamba Prashasthi
* Sediyapu Prashasthi
* Shivaram Karanth Award
* Press Academy Special Award
* Aryabhata Award
* Maasti Award<ref name="Masti">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/12/16/stories/2005121623010100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070806102237/http://www.hindu.com/2005/12/16/stories/2005121623010100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 August 2007|title= Masti Award|access-date=27 October 2007|location=Chennai, India|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=16 December 2005}}</ref>
* Gorur Award
* Srikrishna Award
* Aa Na Kru Prashasthi
* Alvas Nudisiri
* Thalthaja Keshavabhattara Smaranartha Keshava Prashasthi
* Gokak Prashasthi
* Sri Vanamali Seva Prashasthi
* K. M. Munshi Award
* Rotary Pioneer Extraordinary Award
* Cited at the "First International Lexicographers Meeting" held at the [[Annamalai University]] in Tamil Nadu.<ref name="awards">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/02/25/stories/2004022501540500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040625114027/http://www.hindu.com/2004/02/25/stories/2004022501540500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 June 2004|title= Portraying the life of a lexicographer|author=K. N. Venkatasubba Rao|access-date=26 October 2007|location=Chennai, India|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=25 February 2004}}</ref>
* Paul Harris Fellowship
* Nadoja Award – Hampi University (D.Litt.)<ref name="Nadoja">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/26/stories/2005042607580400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050427022616/http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/26/stories/2005042607580400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 April 2005|title= Nadoja Award|access-date=27 October 2007|location=Chennai, India|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=26 April 2005}}</ref>
* Honorary Doctorate from Rani Chennamma University
* 77 All India Kannada Sahitya Sammelana Presidency
* [[Pampa Award]]
* [[President of India]] – Oldest Living Achiever and Alumni Honour – [[University of Mysore]] Centenary Celebration.<ref name="President of India felicitating G. Venkatasubbiah (2015)">{{cite news|last1=Express|first1=New Indian|title=President of India felicitating G. Venkatasubbiah (2015)|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/Transform-Higher-Edn-With-Innovation/2015/07/28/article2944412.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150731004403/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/Transform-Higher-Edn-With-Innovation/2015/07/28/article2944412.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 July 2015|access-date=31 July 2016|work=News Reportage|issue=Mysore|publisher=New Indian Express Editorial Team|date=28 July 2015|ref=President of India felicitating G. Venkatasubbiah}}</ref>
* [[Padmashri]] – 2017<ref>{{cite web | url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=157675 |title = Padma Awards 2017 announced}}</ref>
* [[Lipyantara]] - 2010 by Dharmasthala Manjunatha Dharmothana Trust<ref>[http://youtube.com/tY5imDzeMLQ]{{dead link|date=June 2022}}</ref>

== Death ==
Prof. G Venkatasubbaiah died on 19 April 2021 in Bangalore.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://kannada.news18.com/news/state/prof-g-venkatasubbaiah-the-kannada-dictionary-expert-passes-away-snvs-554129.html|title=Prof. G. Venkatasubbaiah passes away|work=News18 Kannada|date=19 April 2021}}</ref> He was 107.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/ganjam-venkatasubbaiah-dead-7279726/|title=Kannada writer Prof. G. Venkatasubbaiah passes away at 107|work=The Indian Express|date=19 April 2021|access-date=23 April 2021}}</ref>

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==References==
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===Works cited===
* {{cite book |last=Mukherjee |first=Sujit |title=Dictionary of Indian Literature, One: Beginnings - 1850 |orig-year=1999 |year=1999 |publisher=Orient Blackswan |location=New Delhi |isbn=81-250 1453 5}}
* {{cite book |last=Sastri |first=K.A. Nilakanta |title=A history of South India from prehistoric times to the fall of Vijayanagar |orig-year=1955 |year=2002 |publisher=Indian Branch, Oxford University Press |location=New Delhi |isbn=0-19-560686-8}}

==External links==
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* [https://www.srikanta-sastri.org/gvenkatasubbiah Official Biography of G. Venkatasubbiah]
* [https://www.srikanta-sastri.org/g-v-on-s-srikanta-sastri G. Venkatasubbiah's recollections of his teacher S. Srikanta Sastri]
* [http://www.baraha.com/kannada/index.php Online version of the Kannada-English Dictionary compiled by G Venkatasubbiah]
* [http://qz.com/964727/a-103-year-old-lexicographer-has-spent-a-century-thinking-about-one-of-indias-oldest-languages/ A 103-year-old lexicographer has spent a century thinking about one of India’s oldest language]
* [http://scroll.in/magazine/830226/the-man-behind-a-9000-page-eight-volume-kannada-dictionary-that-took-54-years-to-write The man behind a 9,000-page, eight-volume Kannada dictionary that took 54 years to write]
* [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/Kannada-is-the-elixir-of-his-life/article15526282.ece Kannada is the elixir of his life]
* [http://m.varthabharati.in/article/2017_02_04/60304 "Ee Hiriyaru eega padma jeevi"-Kannada Article in Varthabharati]

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