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{{Infobox writer 
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| birth_place = [[Bhor]], [[Pune]], [[Bombay State]] (Now in [[Maharashtra]])
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| occupation = Critic, thinker, editor, educator, cultural activist
| nationality = Indian
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* [[Padmashri]] 2014
* [[Linguapax Prize]] 2011
* [[Prince Claus Awards|Prince Claus Award]] 2003
* [[SAARC Literary Award]] 2001
* [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for English|Sahitya Akademi Award]] 1993
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| genre = [[Literary Criticism]]
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'''Ganesh N. Devy''' (born 1 August 1950)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sahitya Akademi : Who's Who of Indian Writers |url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/SASearchSystem/sauser/writerinfo.jsp?wrids=3950 |website=Sahitya Akademi|publisher=Sahitya Akademi |access-date=24 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208093136/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/SASearchSystem/sauser/writerinfo.jsp?wrids=3950 |archive-date=8 December 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref> is an Indian literary critic and former professor. He is known for the ''People's Linguistic Survey of India'' and the Adivasi Academy created by him.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://caravanmagazine.in/literature/gn-devy-challenges-concept-knowledge|title=How GN Devy challenges our concept of knowledge|last=Kaushik|first=Martand|date=1 July 2018|website=The Caravan|language=en|url-access=subscription|access-date=2019-12-07}}</ref> He is credited to start the Bhaashaa research and Publication Centre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baroda.com/bhasharesearch&publicationcentre.php|title=Baroda NGO - Bhasha Research and Publication Centre|website=www.baroda.com|access-date=2019-04-16}}</ref> He writes in three languages—Marathi, Gujarati and English. His first full length book in English ''After Amnesia'' (1992).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KfVjAAAAMAAJ|title=After Amnesia|date=1992-01-01|isbn=9780863112676|last1=Devy|first1=G. N.}}</ref> He has written and edited close to ninety books in areas including Literary Criticism, Anthropology, Education, Linguistics and Philosophy.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Centre Cannot Hold : How G. N. Devy Challenges Our Concept of Knowledge|url=https://vikalpsangam.org/article/the-centre-cannot-hold-how-gn-devy-challenges-our-concept-of-knowledge/|url-status=live|access-date=26 February 2021|website=vikalpsangam.org|publisher=vikalpsangam.org}}</ref>

==Biography==
G. N. Devy was educated at [[Shivaji University]], [[Kolhapur]] and the [[University of Leeds]], [[UK]]. Among his many academic assignments, he held fellowships at [[Leeds University]] and [[Yale University]] and has been THB Symons Fellow (1991–92) and [[Jawaharlal Nehru Fellow]] (1994–96). He was a Professor of English at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda from 1980 to 96. In 1996, he gave up his academic career in order to initiate work with the Denotified and Nomadic Tribes (DNT) and Adivasis. During this work, he created the Bhasha Research and Publication Centre at Baroda, the Adivasis Academy at Tejgadh, the DNT-Rights Action Group and several other initiatives. Later he initiated the largest-ever survey of languages in history, carried out with the help of nearly 3000 volunteers and published in 50 multilingual volumes.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-41718082|title=The man who 'discovered' 780 Indian languages}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/getting-the-language-count-right/article24454570.ece|title=Getting the language count right}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/06/28/gn-devys-lifes-work-is-the-best-reply-to-those-rallying-for-on_a_23003511/|title=Scholar GN Devy's Life's Work Is The Best Reply To Those Rallying For One National Language}}</ref>

== Dakshinayan ==
In response to the growing intolerance and murders of several intellectuals in India, he launched the Dakshinayan (Southward) movement of artists, writers, and intellectuals. In order to lead this movement and to initiate his work on mapping the world's linguistic diversity, he moved to [[Dharwad]] in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/meet-ganesh-devy-the-man-who-is-out-to-map-the-worlds-linguistic-diversity/articleshow/53025448.cms?from=mdr|title=Meet Ganesh Devy, the man who is out to map the world's linguistic diversity}}</ref> Devy returned his [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in October 2015 as a mark of protest and in solidarity with other writers<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dailyo.in/politics/sahitya-akademi-gn-devy-nayantara-sahgal-ashok-vajpeyi-mm-kalburgi-freedom-of-speech/story/1/6723.html|title=GN Devy on why he's returning his Sahitya Akademi award}}</ref> sensing a threat to Indian democracy, secularism and freedom of expression and "growing intolerance towards differences of opinion" under the [[Modi government|right-wing government]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/gujarat-cops-knock-at-writer-ganesh-devys-doors-after-he-returns-sahitya-akademi-award_1810418.html|title=Gujarat cops knock at writer Ganesh Devy's doors after he returns Sahitya Akademi Award}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Now, Ganesh Devy returns his Sahitya Akademi award |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Now-Ganesh-Devy-returns-his-Sahitya-Akademi-award/articleshow/49313263.cms |website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |publisher=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |access-date=10 February 2019}}</ref> The Dakshinayan movement follows the ideas of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. The movement has spread to several states in India such as Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, Telangana, West Bengal, Uttara Khand, Punjab and Delhi.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ganesh Devy: Diminishing understanding between societies… I am trying to bridge divide |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/ganesh-devy-diminishing-understanding-between-societies-i-am-trying-to-bridge-divide/ |website=indianexpress.com |publisher=indianexpress.com |access-date=10 February 2019}}</ref>

==Awards==
G. N. Devy has received several Lifetime Achievement Awards. He was awarded [[Padma Shri]] on 26 January 2014 in recognition of his work with denotified and [[nomadic tribes]] and endangered languages.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=102735|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222101141/http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=102735|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-02-22|title=Print Release|date=2014-02-22|access-date=2018-12-30}}</ref> He was awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1993) for ''After Amnesia'', and the [[SAARC]] Writers’ Foundation Award (2001) for his work with denotified tribals. He was given the reputed [[Prince Claus Awards|Prince Claus Award]] (2003) for his work for the conservation of tribal arts and craft. His Marathi book ''Vanaprasth'' received eight awards including the [[Durga Bhagwat]] Memorial Award and the Maharashtra Foundation Award. Along with [[Laxman Gaikwad]] and [[Mahashweta Devi]], he was one of the founders of The Denotified and Nomadic Tribes Rights Action Group (DNT-RAG). He won the 2011 [[Linguapax Prize]] for his work for the preservation of linguistic diversity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/Devy-gets-Linguapax-Award/articleshow/8753590.cms|title=Devy gets Linguapax Award - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2018-12-30}}</ref>

==Works==
* ''Critical Thought'' (1987)
* ''After Amnesia'' (1992)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Review: THE CASE FOR NATIVISM |journal=Indian Literature |volume=36 |issue=4 (156) |pages=188–191 |publisher=jstor.org |jstor=44295534 |last1=Rayan |first1=Krishna |year=1993 }}</ref>
* ''Of Many Heroes'' (1997)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Reviewed Work: Of Many Heroes : An Indian Essay in Literary Historiography by G.N. Devy |journal=Indian Literature |volume=46 |issue=1 (207) |pages=188–191 |publisher=jstor.org |jstor=23344554 |last1=Mund |first1=Subhendu |year=2002 }}</ref>
* ''India Between Tradition and Modernity'' (co-edited, 1997)
* ''In Another Tongue'' (2000)
* ''Indian Literary Criticism: Theory & Interpretation'' (2002).<ref>{{cite journal |title=Reviewed Work: Indian Literary Criticism: Theory and Interpretation by G. N. Devy |journal=World Literature Today |volume=77 |issue=1 |pages=95–96 |publisher=jstor.org |jstor=40157830 |last1=Perry |first1=John Oliver |last2=Devy |first2=G. N. |year=2003 |doi=10.2307/40157830 }}</ref>
* ''Painted Words: An Anthology of Tribal Literature'' (editor, 2002).
* ''A Nomad Called Thief'' (2006)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Review: Redeeming the Silence |journal=Economic and Political Weekly |volume=41 |issue=42 |pages=4437–4438 |publisher=jstor.org |jstor=4418832 |last1=Heredia |first1=Rudolf C. |year=2006 }}</ref>
* ''Keywords: Truth'' (contributor, date unknown)
* ''Vaanprastha'' (in Marathi, date unknown)
* ''Adivasi Jane Che'' ( ''Tribal People Knows'', in Gujarati, date unknown).
* ''The G. N. Devy Reader'' (2009)
*''The Being of Bhasha (2014)''
*''Samvad ( in Gujarati, 2016)''
*''The Crisis Within: On Knowledge and Education in India (2017)''
*''Trijyaa (in Marathi, 2018)''
*''The question of Silence (2019)''
*''Countering Violence (2019)''

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|India}}
*[[Indian literature]]
*[[Indian English Literature]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://leeds.summon.serialssolutions.com/#!/search?ho=t&l=en&q=G.%20N.%20Devy Archival Material at Leeds Library : G. N. Devy]
* [https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=G.+N.+Devyy Books at Google Books : G. N. Devy]
*{{YouTube|vc76V7rXDqg|Devy talks about life and death of languages on TED}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120402093026/http://tumblr.m0hit.name/post/560674719/i-am-going-to-speak-something-which-of-very Transcription of Devy's TED talk about life and death of languages]

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