Girija Keer (5 February 1933—31 October 2019) was an Indian
Marathi
Marathi may refer to:
*Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India
**Marathi people (Uttar Pradesh), the Marathi people in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh
*Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Mar ...
language writer from
Maharashtra
Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...
state. She started her career as a school teacher in a village. Keer had written around 115 books in
Marathi Language
Marathi (; , 𑘦𑘨𑘰𑘙𑘲, , ) is a Classical languages of India, classical Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by Marathi people in the Indian state of Maharashtra and is also spoken in Goa, and parts of Guj ...
in the fields of novels, short stories, travelogues, and literature for children.
Following a six-year research involving interviews with prisoners undergoing life imprisonment at Yerawada prison near
Pune
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, she recently published a book titled ''Janmathep''.
Keer has received awards for her works. Some of them include the Pune Marathi Library's Kamalabai Tilak Award, the Abhiruchi Award and the Shri Akshar dhan Mahila Sahitya Award from Mumbai.
Death
Keer died on 30 October 2019 at her Mumbai residence due to Ill health.
References
External links
The following web pages list some of her books:
* https://openlibrary.org/a/OL207589A/Girija-Keer
* http://www.rasik.com/cgi_bin/display_author.cgi?authorId=a60765&lang=marathi
* http://majesticprakashan.com/?q=byauthor&op0=OR&filter0
*https://archive.today/20140127204225/http://girijakeer.in/
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Marathi-language writers
1933 births
2019 deaths