Anu Garg
Anu Garg | |
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| Born | Anurag Garg April 5, 1967 Meerut,India |
| Occupation | Writer, speaker, columnist, software engineer |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
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Anu Garg(born April 5, 1967) is an American author and speaker. He is also the founder of Wordsmith.org, an online community comprising aficionados of the English language from across 170 countries.[1][2]His books explore the joy of words. He has authored several books about language-related issues and written for magazines and newspapers. He was a columnist forMSN Encartaand Kahani magazine.[3]
Life and education
[edit]Garg was born and grew up inUttar Pradeshin India and only began to learn English at age 11. He graduated fromHarcourt Butler Technological Institute,with a BTech in Computer Science.[2][4]
In 1992, he moved to the US on a scholarship to study atCase Western Reserve UniversityinClevelandand three years later had earned a master's degree incomputer science.[5]Garg became a naturalized US citizen in 2008 and now lives in theSeattlearea.[6]He is avegan.[7]
Career
[edit]Garg has worked as acomputer scientistatAT&Tand other corporations. In 1994, while studying at Case Western, he founded Wordsmith.org.[8]At 2024, around 400,000 people subscribe to Wordsmith.org's "A Word A Day" email list.[1]
Bibliography
[edit]- Garg, Anu; Garg, Stuti (2002).A Word A Day: A Romp Through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English.Wiley.ISBN978-0471230328.
- Garg, Anu (2005).Another Word A Day: An All-new Romp through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English.Wiley.ISBN978-0471718451.
- Garg, Anu (2007).The Dord, the Diglot, and an Avocado or Two: The Hidden Lives and Strange Origins of Common and Not-So-Common Words.Plume.ISBN978-0452288614.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abAWAD landing page
- ^abHafner, Katie (2002-11-28)."A Word of the Day Keeps Banality at Bay".The New York Times.Retrieved2007-07-01.
- ^"Kahani".Archived fromthe originalon 2008-06-08.Retrieved2008-07-30.
- ^"Anu Garg's Resume".Wordsmith.org.Retrieved2016-09-11.
- ^"Log-o-phil-ia Is Addictive".Smithsonian.2000-12-01.Retrieved2016-09-11.
- ^"Sign up to be a poll judge".Seattlepi. 2008-11-02.Retrieved2013-02-02.
- ^"On Food: Wordsmith delves into the origins of food-related terms".Seattle Post-Intelligencer.23 January 2008.Retrieved2008-03-19.
- ^Hauser, Susan G. (September 26, 2001)."A Word a Day – Say, 'Gasconade' – Keeps Boredom at Bay".The Wall Street Journal.Archived fromthe originalon January 24, 2002.
External links
[edit]- Official website
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- 1967 births
- Living people
- American computer scientists
- American information and reference writers
- Case Western Reserve University alumni
- Indian computer scientists
- Indian emigrants to the United States
- People from Woodinville, Washington
- Naturalized citizens of the United States
- People from Meerut
- Scientists from Uttar Pradesh
- Indian popular science writers
- American male writers of Indian descent
- American male non-fiction writers
- Harcourt Butler Technical University alumni