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{{Infobox writer
| name = Girija Keer
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| native_name = गिरिजा कीर
| native_name_lang = Marathi
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| birth_date = 5 February 1933
| birth_place = [[Dharwad]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]
| death_date = 31 October 2019
| death_place = [[Bandra]], [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India<ref>{{cite news |title=ज्येष्ठ लेखिका गिरिजा कीर यांचं निधन |url=https://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/maharashtra/mumbai-news/marathi-writer-girija-keer-passed-away/articleshow/71839984.cms |accessdate=21 December 2019 |work=Maharashtra Times |date=31 October 2019 |language=mr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101175443/https://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/maharashtra/mumbai-news/marathi-writer-girija-keer-passed-away/articleshow/71839984.cms |archive-date=1 November 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| 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 people|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.<ref>{{cite news |title=लेखिका गिरीजा कीर यांचं वयाच्या 86 व्या वर्षी निधन; राहत्या घरी घेतला अखेरचा श्वास |url=https://marathi.latestly.com/maharashtra/girija-keer-passes-away-at-age-of-86-in-mumbai-75063.html |accessdate=21 December 2019 |work=LatestLY मराठी |date=31 October 2019 |language=mr-IN}}</ref>

== Death ==
Keer died on 30 October 2019 at her Mumbai residence due to Ill health.<ref>{{cite news |title=कथाकथन शैलीतील तारा निखळला; ज्येष्ठ लेखिका गिरिजा किर यांचे निधन |url=https://m.lokmat.com/maharashtra/star-storytelling-genre-disappears-senior-writer-girija-kir-passes-away/ |accessdate=21 December 2019 |work=Lokmat |date=1 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=टीम |first1=एबीपी माझा वेब |title=ज्येष्ठ लेखिका, कथाकथनकार गिरीजा कीर यांचे निधन |url=https://marathi.abplive.com/news/maharashtra/veteran-marathi-litterateur-girija-keer-dies-at-86-709556 |accessdate=21 December 2019 |work=marathi.abplive.com |date=31 October 2019 |language=mr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215080558/https://marathi.abplive.com/news/maharashtra/veteran-marathi-litterateur-girija-keer-dies-at-86-709556 |archive-date=15 December 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== References ==
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== 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.is/20140127204225/http://girijakeer.in/

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