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'''Ganti Jogi Somayaji''' [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] (7 October 1900 &ndash; 12 January 1987) was a linguist and teacher.<ref>Jogi Somayaji Ganti, Luminaries of 20th Century, part I, Potti Sriramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad, pp: 220–21.</ref> He was a scholar in Sanskrit, Telugu, English and other languages.<ref>Ganti Jogi Somayaji in Indian Literature, Ed. Dr. Nagendra, Prabhat Prakashan, Delhi, 1988, p. 92.</ref><br />
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==Brief lifesketch==<br />
Ganti Jogi Somayaji was born in a Telugu Brahmin family at [[Anakapalli]], [[Visakhapatnam district]] in 1900. He was graduated from [[Maharajah's College]], [[Vizianagaram]] in 1921. He has completed L.T. and obtained Vidwan degree in Telugu and Sanskrit languages in 1926. He has obtained M. A. in Sanskrit while working in a High School at [[Adoni]]. He has joined [[Pachaiyappa's College]] as Lecturer of Sanskrit and worked for 3 years. He has joined [[Andhra University]] in 1933 as Telugu lecturer and worked there till 1963.<br />
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He died on 12 January 1987.<br />
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The Ganti Jogi Somayaji memorial lecture was instituted in his memory by Telugu Department of Andhra University. Dr. Ravi Ranga Rao gave the annual lecture on "Conciseness in Poetry" in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/edu/2010/04/19/stories/2010041951380300.htm |title=The Hindu : Education Plus : New EC next week likely |website=www.hindu.com |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100427043054/http://www.hindu.com/edu/2010/04/19/stories/2010041951380300.htm |archive-date=27 April 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==Literary works==<br />
* ''Basava Charitra'' (1925)<br />
* ''Vamsodharakudu'' (1927)<br />
* ''Dharma Samrajyamu'' (1929)<br />
* ''Ramachandruni Hampi Yatra'' (1930) : Described the glorious past of [[Hampi]].<br />
* ''Andhra Bhasha Vikasam'' (1947) : History of [[Telugu language]].<br />
* ''Kotta Lantarlu'' (1948)<br />
* ''Sri Radhakrishnaprabha'' (1970) : The divinity in man; a poetical biographical sketch of Dr. [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]] in Sanskrit, published by [[Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan]].<br />
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==Awards==<br />
* He was recipient of "[[Kala Prapoorna]]" from [[Andhra University]] in 1975.<br />
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