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Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore

Born 7 May 1861 · Died 7 August 1941

From Kolkata, West Bengal, India · Nationality: British Raj · Writes fiction and nonfiction

Wikipedia

Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of "Gitanjali" and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse" (The Nobel Foundation), he became the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize in Literature.

Quotes

  • “When old words die out on the tongue, new melodies break forth from the heart; and where the old tracks are lost, new country is revealed with its wonders.”
    37
  • “The smile that flickers on baby’s lips when he sleeps — does anybody know where it was born?”
    61
  • “The light of the stars travels millions of miles to reach the earth, but it cannot reach our hearts — so many millions of miles further off are we!”
    Glimpses of Bengal
  • “If you shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars.”
    Stray Birds
  • “The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words that are clear; the great truth has great silence.”
    Stray Birds

Quotes from Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Books by Rabindranath Tagore in order

Books by Rabindranath Tagore in the order they were published, from Gitanjali (1910) to Pájaros perdidos (2011).

  1. 1GitanjaliGitanjali1910
  2. 2The Post Office,The Post Office,1910
  3. 3SadhanaSadhana1913
  4. 4The Crescent MoonThe Crescent Moon1913
  5. 5The King of the Dark ChamberThe King of the Dark Chamber1914
  6. 6My ReminiscencesMy Reminiscences1916
  7. 7The Hungry Stones and Other StoriesThe Hungry Stones and Other Stories1916
  8. 8NationalismNationalism1917
  9. 9Stories from TagoreStories from Tagore1918
    What's in it (7)
  10. 10The Home and the WorldThe Home and the World1919
  11. 11GoraGora1924
  12. 12The Religion of ManThe Religion of Man1931
  13. 13Crisis in CivilizationCrisis in Civilization1941
  14. 14Grain of SandGrain of Sand2003
  15. 15Pájaros perdidosPájaros perdidos2011
  16. 16500 Songs of Rabindranath Tagore500 Songs of Rabindranath Tagore
  17. 17A Tagore ReaderA Tagore Reader
  18. 18BinodiniBinodini
  19. 19QuartetQuartet
  20. 20Selected Poems (Tagore, Rabindranath)Selected Poems (Tagore, Rabindranath)
  21. 21Short Stories from Rabindranath TagoreShort Stories from Rabindranath Tagore
  22. 22Stray BirdsStray Birds
  23. 23The Broken NestThe Broken Nest
  24. 24Three PlaysThree Plays

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