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Rabindranath Tagore

South Asian Literature

Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali poet, author, playwright, musician, composer, philosopher and painter, and one of the foremost figures of the Bengal Renaissance. In 1913 he became the first Indian and non-European to win a Nobel Prize in any category, and the first lyricist to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, honored above all for the poetry collection Gitanjali. He wrote and composed the national anthems of both India and Bangladesh, reshaped Bengali literature and music, and founded Visva-Bharati University, while also writing as a humanist and internationalist who denounced the British Raj and advocated Indian independence. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Year
1861 1
Death Year
1941 1
Award
honorary doctor of the University of Calcutta. 1
Award
Knight Bachelor. 1
Award
Nobel Prize in Literature, 1913. 1
Classification
Original Language
Bengali 1
Original Language
English 1
Original Language
Hindi 1
Connections

In Movement

Bengal Renaissance, Movements

Influenced

Kazi Nazrul Islam, Authors

Works Attributed

Gitanjali, Works
Source Gitanjali (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Rabindranath Tagore
Wikimedia Foundation (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    7 May 1861 - 7 August 1941
  • Original language statement
    Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali poet, author, playwright, musician, composer, philosopher and painter, and one of the foremost figures of the Bengal Renaissance.
  • Lead paragraph
    Rabindranath Tagore (Bengali: [ˈrobind̪ɾonat̪ʰ ˈʈʰakuɾ] ; 7 May 1861-7 August 1941) was a Bengali poet, author, playwright, musician, composer, philosopher, social reformer, painter, and one of the foremost figures of the Bengal Renaissance. In 1913, Tagore became the first Indian and non-European to win a Nobel Prize in any category, and also the first lyricist to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
  • Award: Nobel Prize in Literature
    Rabindranath Tagore (Bengali: [ˈrobind̪ɾonat̪ʰ ˈʈʰakuɾ] ; 7 May 1861-7 August 1941) was a Bengali poet, author, playwright, musician, composer, philosopher, social reformer, painter, and one of the foremost figures of the Bengal Renaissance. In 1913, Tagore became the first Indian and non-European to win a Nobel Prize in any category, and also the first lyricist to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
  • Award: honorary doctor of the University of Calcutta
    Rabindranath Tagore (Bengali: [ˈrobind̪ɾonat̪ʰ ˈʈʰakuɾ] ; 7 May 1861-7 August 1941) was a Bengali poet, author, playwright, musician, composer, philosopher, social reformer, painter, and one of the foremost figures of the Bengal Renaissance. In 1913, Tagore became the first Indian and non-European to win a Nobel Prize in any category, and also the first lyricist to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
  • Award: Knight Bachelor
    Rabindranath Tagore (Bengali: [ˈrobind̪ɾonat̪ʰ ˈʈʰakuɾ] ; 7 May 1861-7 August 1941) was a Bengali poet, author, playwright, musician, composer, philosopher, social reformer, painter, and one of the foremost figures of the Bengal Renaissance. In 1913, Tagore became the first Indian and non-European to win a Nobel Prize in any category, and also the first lyricist to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Gitanjali (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationWorks Attributed: Gitanjali, Lead section, authorship
Quote, Works Attributed: Gitanjali, Lead section, authorship
Gitanjali...is a collection of poems by the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore.
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