Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941), commonly known as Tagore, was a Bengali poet, novelist, playwright, composer, philosopher, and painter. He reshaped Bengali literature and music and introduced Indian cultural forms to a global audience through his prolific writings and translations. Born into a wealthy Bengali family in Calcutta, Tagore produced a vast body of work in Bengali and later translated many pieces into English, helping to forge cross-cultural exchange.
Tagore’s literary output ranged from lyric poetry to drama and novels. His poetry collection Gitanjali earned
In addition to literature, Tagore was a reforming educator and founder of Visva-Bharati University at Santiniketan,
Tagore’s influence extended beyond India: he wrote the Indian national anthem Jana Gana Mana and the national