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'''Keshav Jagannath Purohit''' (केशव जगन्नाथ पुरोहित) (b. 1923- 17 October 2018) was a [[Marathi people|Marathi]] writer from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. He wrote using the pen name '''Shantaram''' (शांताराम).<ref>{{cite web |title=Notes Short Story Writer KJ Purohit Passes away |url=https://www.pressreader.com/ |publisher=pressreader |accessdate=24 March 2019}}</ref><br />
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Purohit was born in 1923 in the town of [[Chamorshi]], which used to be in [[Chandrapur District]] and is now in [[Gadchiroli District]]. After attending Jubilee High School in the town of [[Chandrapur]], he received college degrees, including a doctorate, in English literature from [[Nagpur University]]. <br />
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Purohit taught English literature for 40 years in different colleges in [[Nagpur]], [[Amravati]], and [[Mumbai]], and served for some years as the principal of [[Ismail Yusuf College]] in Mumbai before retiring.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20181018054314/https://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/maharashtra/mumbai-news/professor-k-j-purohit-aka-shantaram-dies-at-the-age-of-95/articleshow/66265701.cms</ref><br />
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In 1989, he presided over [[Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan]], which was held in Amravati. He died at his residence in the Sahitya Sahawas Society in [[Bandra|Vandre]] on 17 October 2018.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20181018054314/https://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/maharashtra/mumbai-news/professor-k-j-purohit-aka-shantaram-dies-at-the-age-of-95/articleshow/66265701.cms</ref><br />
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==Literary work==<br />
Purohit has written over 30 books on various topics. <br />
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He coordinated ''[[Marathi Vishwakosh]]'' (मराठी विश्वकोश) and coedited with Sudha Joshi ''Wisawe Shatak'' (विसावे शतक), a collection of worthy short stories in Marathi written by different authors of the twentieth century. He also compiled ''Pratinidhik Laghu Nibandh Sangrah'' (प्रातिनिधिक लघुनिबंध संग्रह). He translated into Marathi [[Ibsen]]'s [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] ''Vikings of Helgeland'', naming the translation as ''Helgelandche Chanche'' (हेल्गेलंडचे चांचे).<br />
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''Santryancha Baag'' (संत्र्यांचा बाग) (1942) and ''Manamor'' (मनमोर) (1946) are two early works of Purohit.<br />
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