Anant Viththal Keer
Anant Viththal Keer (Devanagari: अनंत विठ्ठल कीर) (1913–1984) was a biographer from Maharashtra, India. He wrote biographies in English and Marathi under the pen name Dhananajay Keer (धनंजय कीर).
Anant Viththal Keer | |
|---|---|
| Native name | अनंत विठ्ठल कीर |
| Born | April 23, 1913 Ratnagiri |
| Died | 1984 (aged 71) |
| Pen name | Dhananajay Keer |
| Occupation | Biographer |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Period | 1950-1980 |
| Genre | Biography |
Keer was born on April 23, 1913, in Ratnagiri. After finishing his elementary education, he worked for a few years with his father in the father's profession of carpentry, and then finished his high school education in 1935 at age 22. He took a few clerical jobs after that, and in 1943 started writing articles in English newspapers.
Biographical works
In English:
- Savarakar and His Times (1950)
- Dr. Ambedkar : Life and Mission (1954)
- Lokamanya Tilak : Father of Our Freedom Struggle (1959)
- Mahatma Jyotirao Phule : Father of Our Social Revolution (1964)
- Mahatma Gandhi : Political Saint and Unarmed Prophet (1973)
- Shahu Chhatrapati : A Royal Revolutionary (1976)
In Marathi:
- Mahatma Phule : Samagra Wangmay (1969) (Coeditor S. G. Malshe)
- Lokamanya Tilak Ani Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj : Ek Mulyamapan (1971)
- Teen Mahan Saraswat (1979)
- Hyani Itihas Ghadawila (1980)
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