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 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 was a columnist for MSN Encarta and Kahani magazine.[2]
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.[3] He lives in the Seattle area with his wife, Stuti and daughter, Ananya. Garg became a naturalized US citizen in 2008.[4] He is a vegan.[5]
Career
He started his career from United States to receive graduate studies in Computer Science at Case Western Reserve University,[6] and then worked as a computer scientist at AT&T and other corporations. He founded Wordsmith.org in 1994, during his graduate work.[7] In 2010, the number of subscribers to Wordsmith.org's "A Word A Day" email list reached one million.
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See also
References
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External links
- Official website
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