native_name_lang death_date pseudonym birth_place citizenship nationality native_name birth_date language period genre article_title name occupation
devanagari 1984 23 april 1913 dhananajay keer ratnagiri indian indian अनंत विठ्ठल कीर 23 april 1913 english 1950-1980 biography anant viththal keer
 anant viththal keer biographer
anant viththal keer

anant viththal keer -lrb- devanagari : अनंत विठ्ठल कीर -rrb- -lrb- 1913 -- 1984 -rrb- was a biographer from maharashtra , india .
he wrote biographies in english and marathi under the pen name dhananajay keer -lrb- धनंजय कीर -rrb- .
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 .
