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Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore also known as Gurudev, was a renowned Bengali poet, playwright, novelist, visual artist, composer, educationist, social reformer, nationalist and business-manager. He contributed a lot to Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was the first Asian Nobel Laureate who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.

Tagore wrote several novels, short stories, songs, dance-dramas and essays on personal and political topics. To mention some of his well-known works are Gitanjali, Gora and Ghare Baire. He received worldwide appreciation for the use of colloquial language and naturalism in his works. Two of his songs are now the national anthems of India and Bangladesh - the Jana Gana Mana and the Amar Shonar Bangla and respectively.

Life of Rabindranath Tagore

Tagore was born on May 9, 1861 in an affluent family in the Jorasanko Mansion in Kolkata. His parents were Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi. As a teenager two of his notable works include the short story Bhikarini and Sandhya Sangeet. Most of his basic education was at home. After a short stay in England in an attempt to study Law, he returned to India and instead pursued a career as a writer, poet, playwright, song composer, philosopher and educator. On December 9, 1883 he married Mrinalini Devi. In 1915 he was knighted by the British king, King George V. In 1890, Tagore began managing his family's estates in Shilaidaha, a region now in Bangladesh. After a prolonged suffering, Tagore passed away on August 7, 1941.

Works of Rabindranath Tagore

In 1901 and 1906 he composed Naivedya and Kheya. In 1912 he returned to England when for the first time he translated his collection of poems - Gitanjali into English. After it was published Tagore immediately became famous among the literary circles in London. Gradually

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