Tagore, Sir Rabindranath. Written also Ravindranatha Thakura (1861-1941).
Hindu poet, painter, and author, known for his lyrics and songs on nature, childhood, and Oriental subjects and for his religious mysticism. English translations of his work include Gitanjali ( 1913); The Crescent Moon ( 1913); One Hundred Poems of Kabir ( 1914); Chitra (1916), a play; The Gardener ( 1917); Lectures on Personality ( 1917); Red Oleanders ( 1925); Fireflies ( 1928); The Religion of Man ( 1931), on his ideas of God; Broken Ties, And Other Stories ( 1925); The Child ( 1931); The Golden Boat ( 1932); Collected Poems and Plays ( 1936).
Tagore, awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 1913, was active in instituting social and educational reforms in India. In 1915 he was knighted, but in 1919 he resigned the honor in protest against British repressive measures in his native country.
No comments:
Post a Comment