1861–1941 · Bengali poet and philosopher
Nobel Prize in Literature, 1913
Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) was a Bengali poet and writer born in Calcutta, British India, where he also died.
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Novels
| # | First published | Book | Kind | Listening time | Read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1916 | The Home and the World A marriage is tested by love and nationalist politics in Bengal. | Novel | 7 h 41 min | Free to startRead free |
Stories and shorter works
| # | First published | Book | Kind | Listening time | Read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1916 | The Hungry Stones, and Other Stories Haunted places and family ties shape lives marked by longing. | Stories | 5 h 28 min | Free to startRead free |
Poems and plays
| # | First published | Book | Kind | Listening time | Read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1910 | Gitanjali A poet addresses God in songs of longing and devotion. | Poems | 1 h 38 min | Free to startRead free |
| 2 | 1913 | The Gardener Short poems follow love through longing, closeness, and parting. | Poems | 1 h 34 min | Free to startRead free |
Letters and non-fiction
| # | First published | Book | Kind | Listening time | Read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1912 | My Reminiscences A poet recalls his childhood and early life in Bengal. | Non-fiction | 6 h 55 min | Free to startRead free |
| 2 | 1917 | Nationalism Three lectures examine nationalism and its costs to human life. | Non-fiction | 3 h 2 min | Free to startRead free |
| 3 | 1921 | Glimpses of Bengal A poet’s letters describe river life in rural Bengal. | Letters | 2 h 46 min | Free to startRead free |
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About Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) was a Bengali poet and writer born in Calcutta, British India, where he also died. He lived in Bengal and founded a school at Santiniketan in 1901. He wrote poetry, stories, plays and essays. His Bengali collection Gitanjali appeared in 1910; his English version appeared in 1912.
- Born
- 1861
- Died
- 1941
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