Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore FRAS (/rəˈbɪndrənɑːt tæˈɡɔːr/ (
listen); Bengali: [robind̪ronat̪ʰ ʈʰakur]), also written Ravīndranātha Thākura(7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) sobriquet Gurudevwas a Bengali polymathwho reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse"] he became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913Tagore's poetic songs were viewed as spiritual and mercurial; however, his "elegant prose and magical poetry" remain largely unknown outside Bengal.[8] He is sometimes referred to as "the Bard of Bengal"
| Rabindranath Tagore | |
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Tagore (c. 1925)
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| Native name | রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর |
| Born | Rabindranath Thakur 7 May 1861 Calcutta, British India[1] |
| Died | 7 August 1941 (aged 80) Calcutta, British India[1] |
| Occupation | Writer, song composer, playwright, essayist, painter |
| Language | Bengali, English |
| Nationality | British Indian |
| Literary movement | Contextual Modernism |
| Notable works | Gitanjali, Gora, Ghare-Baire, Jana Gana Mana, Rabindra Sangeet, Amar Shonar Bangla(other works) |
| Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Literature 1913 |
| Spouse | Mrinalini Devi (m. 1883–1902) |
| Children | 5 (two of whom died in childhood) |
| Relatives | Tagore family |
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