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1861–1941 · Bengali poet and philosopher

Nobel Prize in Literature, 1913

Rabindranath Tagore

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

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The Home and the World

A marriage is tested by love and nationalist politics in Bengal.

Novel7 h 41 minFree to startRead free

Stories and shorter works

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11916
The Hungry Stones, and Other Stories

Haunted places and family ties shape lives marked by longing.

Stories5 h 28 minFree to startRead free

Poems and plays

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Gitanjali

A poet addresses God in songs of longing and devotion.

Poems1 h 38 minFree to startRead free
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The Gardener

Short poems follow love through longing, closeness, and parting.

Poems1 h 34 minFree to startRead free

Letters and non-fiction

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My Reminiscences

A poet recalls his childhood and early life in Bengal.

Non-fiction6 h 55 minFree to startRead free
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Nationalism

Three lectures examine nationalism and its costs to human life.

Non-fiction3 h 2 minFree to startRead free
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Glimpses of Bengal

A poet’s letters describe river life in rural Bengal.

Letters2 h 46 minFree 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.

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1861
Died
1941

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