Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)

Awarded the Prize “because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West.”

Indian poet, writer, artist and social activist. Tagore was born in Calcutta, India on May 7, 1861. He was educated at home; and although at seventeen he was sent to England for formal schooling, he did not finish his studies there. He started an experimental school at Shantiniketan where he tried his Upanishadic ideals of education. From time to time he participated in the Indian nationalist movement. Tagore died in Calcutta on August 7, 1941.
Major Works:
Manasi (1890); Sonar Tari (1894); Gitanjali (1910); Gitimalya (1914); Balaka (1916); Gitanjali: Song Offerings (1912); Raja (1910); Dakghar (1912); Gora (1910)