rabindranath tagore

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a Bengali Indian writer, one of the most important Indian writers of the 20th century. His works include Gitanjali, and Chitra, a play which he translated into English (1861-1941). born May 7, 1861, Calcutta, India died Aug. 7, 1941, Calcutta Bengali poet, writer, composer, and painter. The son of Debendranath Tagore, he published several books of poetry, including Manasi, in his 20s. His later religious poetry was introduced to the West in Gitanjali (1912). Through international travel and lecturing, he introduced aspects of Indian culture to the West and vice versa. He spoke ardently in favour of Indian independence; as a protest against the Massacre of Amritsar, he repudiated the knighthood he had received in 1915. He founded an experimental school in Bengal where he sought to blend Eastern and Western philosophies; it became Vishva-Bharati University (1921). He was awarded the 1913 Nobel Prize for Literature