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| name = G. Nanjundan<br />
| birth_date = {{circa|1961}}<br />
| death_date = December 2019 (aged 58)<br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| occupation = Academic, Writer<br />
| awards = [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil|Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil Translation]] (2012)<br />
}}<br />
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'''G. Nanjundan''' ({{circa|1961}} – December 2019) was an [[India]]n academic and writer. He was conferred [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil|Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil Translation]] in 2012. He was a professor of [[Bangalore University]]'s statistics department.<ref name=a>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/sahitya-akademi-award-winner-g-nanjundan-found-dead-bengaluru-residenc-114564<br />
|title=Sahitya Akademi award winner G Nanjundan found dead at Bengaluru residence<br />
|date=22 December 2019|website=The News Minute|accessdate=23 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/bengaluru/decomposed-body-of-sahitya-akademi-awardee-dr-g-nanjundan-found-in-kengeri/articleshow/72928008.cms<br />
|title=Karnataka: Decomposed body of Sahitya Akademi awardee Dr G Nanjundan found in Kengeri<br />
|date=22 December 2019|website=The Times of India|accessdate=23 December 2019}}</ref><ref name=b>{{cite web|url=https://wap.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/sahitya-akademi-awardee-g-nanjundan-found-dead-at-his-residence-in-bengaluru-119122200637_1.html<br />
|title=Sahitya Akademi awardee G Nanjundan found dead at his residence in Bengaluru<br />
|date=22 December 2019|website=Business Standard|accessdate=23 December 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Nanjundan was a professor of [[Bangalore University]]'s statistics department. He was involved in teaching for over 32 years.<ref name=a/> He had more than 10 publications, too.<ref name=b/><br />
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Nanjundan translated several [[Kannada literature|Kannada books]] into [[Tamil literature|Tamil]]. He translated more than 12 books from [[Kannada language|Kannada]] to [[Tamil language|Tamil]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sahitya Akademi Winner G Nanjundan Found Dead In Bengaluru House<br />
|url=https://www.newsnation.in/india/south/sahitya-akademi-winner-g-nanjundan-found-dead-in-bengaluru-house-248470.html<br />
|date=22 December 2019|website=News Nation|accessdate=23 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sahitya Akademi winner Dr G Nanjundan found dead in Bengaluru house<br />
|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/others/sahitya-akademi-winner-dr-g-nanjundan-found-dead-in-bengaluru-house/articleshow/72934053.cms<br />
|date=23 December 2019|website=Bangalore Times|accessdate=23 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sahitya Akademi awardee found dead at Bengaluru home<br />
|url=https://m.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sahitya-akademi-awardee-found-dead/story-uXiNZ4CKNQRRt9ADJObSvI.html<br />
|date=23 December 2019|website=Hindustan Times|accessdate=23 December 2019}}</ref> He was awarded [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil|Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil Translation]] in 2012 for translation of ''Akka'' from [[Kannada language|Kannada]] into [[Tamil language|Tamil]] titled ''Akka''.<ref>{{cite web|<br />
url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/awards/anuvad_samman_suchi.jsp<br />
|title=AKADEMI TRANSLATION PRIZES (1989-2018)<br />
|website=Sahitya Akademi|accessdate=20 November 2019<br />
}}</ref> The original book was the short story collections of several women writers. He also translated ''Bhava'' and ''Avaste'' into [[Tamil language|Tamil]] which were written by [[U. R. Ananthamurthy]].<ref name=a/><br />
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Nanjundan was found dead on 21 December 2019 in his apartment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/sahitya-akademi-winner-nanjundan-found-dead-in-bengaluru-1630608-2019-12-22<br />
|title=Sahitya Akademi winner found dead in Bengaluru, decomposed body discovered after 4 days<br />
|date=22 December 2019|website=India Today|accessdate=23 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/sahitya-akademi-awardee-g-nanjundan-found-dead-in-bengaluru-apartment-6179811/<br />
|title=Sahitya Akademi awardee G Nanjundan found dead in Bengaluru apartment<br />
|date=22 December 2019|website=The Indian Express|accessdate=23 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/sahitya-akademi-winner-dr-g-nanjundan-found-dead-in-bengaluru-house-2432955.html<br />
|title=Sahitya Akademi Winner Dr G Nanjundan Found Dead in Bengaluru House<br />
|accessdate=23 December 2019|website=News18|date=22 December 2019}}</ref><br />
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