RabindranathTagoreFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia(RedirectedfromTagore,Rabindranath)Jumpto:navigation,searchRabindranathTagoreRabindranathTagoreinKolkata,c.1915Born7May1861CalcuttaDied7August1941(aged80)CalcuttaOccupationpoet,playwright,philosopher,composer,artistWritingperiodBengalRenaissanceNotableaward(s)NobelPrizeinLiterature(1913)Influenced[show]Signature"Tagore"redirectshere.Forotheruses,seeTagore(disambiguation).RabindranathTagore(help·info)α[›](Bengali:রবী�ন্দ্রনা�থঠা�কু�র,β[›]IPA:[ɾobin̪d̪ɾonat̪ʰʈʰakuɾ](help·info))(7May1861–7August1941),γ[›]alsoknownbythesobriquetGurudev,δ[›]wasaBengalipoet,Brahmoreligionist,visualartist,playwright,novelist,andcomposerwhoseworksreshapedBengaliliteratureandmusicinthelate19thandearly20thcenturies.HebecameAsia'sfirstNobellaureate[1]whenhewonthe1913NobelPrizeinLiterature.APiraliBrahmin[2][3][4]fromCalcutta,Bengal,Tagorefirstwrotepoemsattheageofeight.Attheageofsixteen,hepublishedhisfirstsubstantialpoetryunderthepseudonymBhanushingho("SunLion")andwrotehisfirstshortstoriesanddramasin1877.InlaterlifeTagoreprotestedstronglyagainsttheBritishRajandgavehissupporttotheIndianIndependenceMovement.Tagore'slifeworkendures,intheformofhispoetryandtheinstitutionhefounded,Visva-BharatiUniversity.Tagorewrotenovels,shortstories,songs,dance-dramas,andessaysonpoliticalandpersonaltopics.Gitanjali(SongOfferings),Gora(Fair-Faced),andGhare-Baire(TheHomeandtheWorld)areamonghisbest-knownworks.Hisverse,shortstories,andnovels,whichoftenexhibitedrhythmiclyricism,colloquiallanguage,meditativenaturalism,andphilosophicalcontemplation,receivedworldwideacclaim.TagorewasalsoaculturalreformerandpolymathwhomodernisedBengaliartbyrejectingstricturesbindingittoclassicalIndianforms.TwosongsfromhiscanonarenowthenationalanthemsofBangladeshandIndia:theAmarShonarBanglaandtheJanaGanaManarespectively.Contents[hide]1Earlylife(1861–1901)2Twilightyears(1932–1941)3Travels4Workso4.1Novelsandnon-fictiono4.2Musicandartworko4.3Theatricalpieceso4.4Shortstorieso4.5Poetry5Politicalviews6Impactandlegacy7Bibliography(partial)8Seealso9Notes10Citations11Timeline12References13Furtherreading14Externallinks[edit]Earlylife(1861–1901)Mainarticle:LifeofRabindranathTagore(1861–1901)Tagorein1879,whenhewasstudyinginEngland.Tagore(nicknamed"Rabi")wasborntheyoungestofthirteensurvivingchildrenintheJorasankomansioninCalcutta(nowKolkata,India)ofparentsDebendranathTagore(1817-1905)andSaradaDevi(1830-1875).ε[›][5]TheTagorefamilyweretheBrahmofoundingfathersoftheAdiDharmfaith.Afterundergoinghisupanayanatageeleven,TagoreandhisfatherleftCalcuttaon14February1873totourIndiaforseveralmonths,visitinghisfather'sSantiniketanestateandAmritsarbeforereachingtheHimalayanhillstationofDalhousie.There,Tagorereadbiographies,studiedhistory,astronomy,modernscience,andSanskrit,andexaminedtheclassicalpoetryofKālidāsa.[6][7]In1877,herosetonotabilitywhenhecomposedseveralworks,includingalongpoemsetintheMaithilistylepioneeredbyVidyapati.Asajoke,hemaintainedthatthesewerethelostworksofBhānusiṃha,anewlydiscovered17th-centuryVaiṣṇavapoet.[8]Healsowrote"Bhikharini"(1877;"TheBeggarWoman"—theBengalilanguage'sfirstshortstory)[9][10]andSandhyaSangit(1882)—includingthefamouspoem"NirjharerSwapnabhanga"("TheRousingoftheWaterfall").TagoreandhiswifeMrinaliniDeviin18...