Anu Garg

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Wordsmith.org)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Anu Garg
Born
Anurag Garg

(1967-04-05) April 5, 1967 (age 59)
Meerut, India
OccupationWriter, speaker, columnist, software engineer
GenreNon-fiction
Website
wordsmith.org/anu/

Anu Garg (born April 5, 1967) is an American author and speaker. He is 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 for MSN Encarta and Kahani magazine.[3]

Life and education

[edit | edit source]

Garg was born and grew up in Uttar Pradesh in India and only began to learn English at age 11. A graduate of Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, he holds a BTech in Computer Science.[2][4]

In 1992, he moved to the U.S. on a scholarship to study at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and three years later had earned his master's degree in computer science.[5] Garg became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2008 and he lives in the Seattle area.[6] He is a vegan.[7]

Career

[edit | edit source]

Garg has worked as a computer scientist at AT&T and other corporations. In 1994, while studying at Case Western, he founded Wordsmith.org.[8] He has authored several books as noted below.

Bibliography

[edit | edit source]
  • Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).

See also

[edit | edit source]

References

[edit | edit source]
  1. ^ AWAD landing page
  2. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  3. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  4. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  5. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  6. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  7. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  8. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
[edit | edit source]
  • Official website
  • Quotations related to Anu Garg at Wikiquote

Lua error in Module:Authority_control at line 153: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Lua error in mw.title.lua at line 392: bad argument #2 to 'title.new' (unrecognized namespace name 'Portal').

Retrieved from "http://70.231.62.181/index.php?title=Anu_Garg&oldid=4902558"