Girija Keer

Girija Keer
Girija Keer
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Native name	गिरिजा कीर
Born	5 February 1933; Dharwad, Karnataka, India
Died	31 October 2019; Bandra, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Language	Marathi
Nationality	Indian
Genre	Novels, short stories, travelogues, and literature for children
Notable works	Janmathep

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Girija Keer (5 February 1933—31 October 2019) was an Indian Marathi language writer from Maharashtra state. She started her career as a school teacher in a village. Keer had written around 115 books in Marathi Language 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, she recently published a book titled Janmathep (जन्मठेप).

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.^[2]

Death[edit]

Keer died on 30 October 2019 at her Mumbai residence due to Ill health.^[3]^[4]

References[edit]

↑ "ज्येष्ठ लेखिका गिरिजा कीर यांचं निधन". Maharashtra Times (in मराठी). 31 October 2019. Archived from the original on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
↑ "लेखिका गिरीजा कीर यांचं वयाच्या 86 व्या वर्षी निधन; राहत्या घरी घेतला अखेरचा श्वास". LatestLY मराठी (in मराठी). 31 October 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
↑ "कथाकथन शैलीतील तारा निखळला; ज्येष्ठ लेखिका गिरिजा किर यांचे निधन". Lokmat. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
↑ टीम, एबीपी माझा वेब (31 October 2019). "ज्येष्ठ लेखिका, कथाकथनकार गिरीजा कीर यांचे निधन". marathi.abplive.com (in मराठी). Archived from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.

External links[edit]

The following web pages list some of her books:

[1] "ज्येष्ठ लेखिका गिरिजा कीर यांचं निधन". Maharashtra Times (in मराठी). 31 October 2019. Archived from the original on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.

[2] "लेखिका गिरीजा कीर यांचं वयाच्या 86 व्या वर्षी निधन; राहत्या घरी घेतला अखेरचा श्वास". LatestLY मराठी (in मराठी). 31 October 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.

[3] "कथाकथन शैलीतील तारा निखळला; ज्येष्ठ लेखिका गिरिजा किर यांचे निधन". Lokmat. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.

[4] टीम, एबीपी माझा वेब (31 October 2019). "ज्येष्ठ लेखिका, कथाकथनकार गिरीजा कीर यांचे निधन". marathi.abplive.com (in मराठी). Archived from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.

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