Girija Keer Explained
Girija Keer |
Birth Date: | 5 February 1933 |
Birth Place: | Dharwad, Karnataka, India |
Death Date: | 31 October 2019 |
Death Place: | Bandra, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India[1] |
Language: | Marathi |
Nationality: | Indian |
Genre: | Novels, short stories, travelogues, and literature for children |
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Notableworks: | 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.
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
Keer died on 30 October 2019 at her Mumbai residence due to Ill health.[3] [4]
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/
Notes and References
- News: ज्येष्ठ लेखिका गिरिजा कीर यांचं निधन . 21 December 2019 . Maharashtra Times . 31 October 2019 . mr . https://web.archive.org/web/20191101175443/https://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/maharashtra/mumbai-news/marathi-writer-girija-keer-passed-away/articleshow/71839984.cms . 1 November 2019 . live .
- News: लेखिका गिरीजा कीर यांचं वयाच्या 86 व्या वर्षी निधन; राहत्या घरी घेतला अखेरचा श्वास . 21 December 2019 . LatestLY मराठी . 31 October 2019 . mr-IN.
- News: कथाकथन शैलीतील तारा निखळला; ज्येष्ठ लेखिका गिरिजा किर यांचे निधन . 21 December 2019 . Lokmat . 1 November 2019.
- News: टीम . एबीपी माझा वेब . ज्येष्ठ लेखिका, कथाकथनकार गिरीजा कीर यांचे निधन . 21 December 2019 . marathi.abplive.com . 31 October 2019 . mr . https://web.archive.org/web/20191215080558/https://marathi.abplive.com/news/maharashtra/veteran-marathi-litterateur-girija-keer-dies-at-86-709556 . 15 December 2019 . live .