Biography writing of Ravindranath Tagore
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Rabindranath Tagore FRAS (/rəˈbɪndrənɑːt tæˈɡɔːr/ (About this soundlisten); born Robindronath Thakur, 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941; sobriquet Gurudev, Kobiguru, Bishokobi)was a Bengali polymath – poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painterHe reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Author of the "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse" of Gitanjali,he became in 1913 the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Tagore's poetic songs were viewed as spiritual and mercurial; however, his "elegant prose and magical poetry" remain largely unknown outside Bengal.He is sometimes referred to as "the Bard of Bengal".
- Native name → রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর
- Born → Robindronath Thakur7 May 1861, 25th of Baishakh 1268 Bengali calendar ২৫ শে বৈশাখ Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Kolkata, West Bengal, India)
- Died → 7 August 1941 (aged 80) Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Kolkata, West Bengal, India)
- Resting place → Ashes scattered in the Ganges
- Pen name → Bhanusingha (ভানুসিংহ)
- Occupation → Poet , novelist , dramatist , essayist , story-writer , composer , painter , philosopher , social reformer , educationist , linguist , grammarian
- Language → Bengali