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Keshav Jagannath Purohit (केशव जगन्नाथ पुरोहित) (b. 1923- 17 October 2018) was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. He wrote using the pen name Shantaram (शांताराम).[1]
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.
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.[2]
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 Vandre on 17 October 2018.[3]
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- ^ "Professor k j purohit: Professor k j purohit aka shantaram dies at the age of 95 - ज्येष्ठ साहित्यिक के. ज. पुरोहित कालवश | Maharashtra Times". maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2022.