Anant Viththal Keer

Who is Anant Viththal Keer?

Anant Viththal Keer was a biographer from Maharashtra, India. He wrote biographies in English and Marathi under the pen name Dhananajay Keer.

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.