Rabindranath Tagore
A renowned Bengali poet, novelist, painter, and playwright who is considered a
monumental figure in both Indian and global literature.
Rabindranath Tagore was an outstanding poet, philosopher, playwright, dramatist,
composer, social reformer and a talented painter. He completed his higher
education
in England. He began writing poems and short stories from a tender age and wrote
dramatic pieces such as Valmiki Pratibha.
Rabindranath’s best drama was Visarjan and his first short story was Bhikarini.
He
later formed a huge collection of 84 short stories called Galpaguchchha during
the
period 1891-1895.
Rabindranath Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913 for his
collection of beautiful poetry, Gitanjali. He was India’s first Nobel Laureate
who
created other significant poetry such as Sonar Tori, Manasi and Balaka. Apart
from
poetry and dramas, Tagore held the mighty reputation of writing more than two
thousand songs, which are now popularly known as “Rabindra Sangeet”. His songs
reflect the beautiful Indian culture.
Tagore was also very fond of drawing and painting. He drew several sketches,
doodles
and paintings which were put up in exhibitions at Paris and London. He therefore
reshaped Bengali literature, art and music with a blend of Contextual Modernism
in
the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
