Rabindranath Tagore - Nobel Prize in Literature — 1913
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Rabindranath Tagore

Prize
Nobel Prize in Literature — 1913
because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West
Citizenship
British Raj British Raj
Languages
English, Bangla
date of birth
5/7/1861
place of birth
Kolkata
date of death
8/7/1941
place of death
Kolkata
Lived
80 years
occupation
  • writer
  • actor
  • poet
  • composer
  • Nobel Prize winner
  • singer
  • playwright
  • artist
  • songwriter
  • lyricist
  • painter
  • film director
  • philosopher
  • novelist
  • librettist
  • essayist
  • short story writer
  • freedom fighter
  • social reformer
  • travel writer
notable work
  • Kabuliwala
  • Raja
  • Chaturanga
  • Shesher Kabita
  • Gitanjali
  • Gitali
  • Jogajog
  • Gora
  • Noukadubi
  • Dak Ghar
  • Postmaster
  • Stray Birds
  • Kshudhita Pashan
  • Nastanirh
  • Ghare-Bhaire
  • Valmikipratibha
  • Bhanusimha Thakurer Padabali
educated at
  • University College London
  • St. Xavier's Collegiate School
field of work
  • essay
  • drama
  • short story
  • painting
  • literature
  • poetry
  • music composition
  • creative and professional writing
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