Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore[a] (i/rəˈbindrəˈnɑːt ˈtɑːɡɔːr/; Bengali pronunciation: [robind̪ro nat̪ʰ ʈʰakur]), an aa written Ravīndranātha Thākura[1] (7 Mey 1861 – 7 August 1941),[b] sobriquet Gurudev,[c] wis a Bengali polymath who reshaped Bengali leeteratur an muisic, as well as Indian airt wi Contextual Modernism in the late 19t an early 20t centuries.
![]() রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর | |
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![]() Tagore (c.1915) | |
Native name | রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর |
Born | Rabindranath Thakur 7 Mey 1861 Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, Breetish Indie |
Dee'd | 7 August 1941 Calcutta | (aged 80)
Thrift | Writer, penter |
Leid | Bengali, Inglis |
Ethnicity | Bengali |
Leeterar muivement | Contextual Modernism |
Notable warks | Gitanjali, Gora, Ghare-Baire, Jana Gana Mana, Rabindra Sangeet, Amar Shonar Bangla (ither wirks) |
Notable awairds | Nobel Prize in Leeteratur 1913 |
Spoose | Mrinalini Devi (m. 1883–1902) |
Bairns | five bairns, twa o whom died in bairnhuid |
Relatives | Tagore faimily |
Signatur | ![]() |
Notes
eedit- ↑ Romanised frae Bengali script: Robindronath Ţhakur.
- ↑ Bengali calendar: 25 Baishakh, 1268 – 22 Srabon, 1348 (২৫শে বৈশাখ, ১২৬৮ – ২২শে শ্রাবণ, ১৩৪৮ বঙ্গাব্দ).
- ↑ Gurudev translates as "divine mentor".[2]