Girija Keer
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Girija Keer (b. 1933) is a Marathi
Marathi people
The Marathi people or Maharashtrians are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, that inhabit the Maharashtra region and state of western India. Their language Marathi is part of the southern group of Indo-Aryan languages...

 writer from Maharashtra, India.

She started her career as a school teacher in a village.

Keer has written thus far 85 books in Marathi 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
Pune
Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...

, she recently published a book titled Janmathep (जन्मठेप).

Keer has received some awards for her works.

On 13 Aug 2010 Mrs. Girija Keer Made wrong sTATEMENT ON tv CHANNEL lOKMAT

External links
The following web pages list some of her books:
  • http://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
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