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.
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Awardhonorary doctor of the University of Calcutta. 1 AwardNobel Prize in Literature, 1913. 1 Form Mostly Written Form Mostly Written Major PrizeNobel Prize in Literature 1 Classification
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7 May 1861 - 7 August 1941
- Article categories: Category:19th-century Indian male dramatists and playwrights
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the first lyricist to win the Nobel Prize in Literature
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Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali poet, author, playwright, musician, composer, philosopher and painter, and one of the foremost figures of the Bengal Renaissance.
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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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Poeta, drammaturgo, musicista e filosofo indiano
Gitanjali (Wikipedia)
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Gitanjali...is a collection of poems by the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore.
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