Keshav Jagannath Purohit
Male, Person
1923 –
Who is Keshav Jagannath Purohit?
Keshav Jagannath Purohit is a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. He wrote using the pen name Shantaram.
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.
Purihit 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.
In 1989, he presided over Marathi Sahitya Sammelan, which was held in Amravati.
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