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Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore born on 7 May 1861 in Calcutta.
His pen name were Gurudev/Bhanu Shingho.
His contributed is huge, not only in the Indian freedom movement but also in the platform of literature.
He started writing poems at the age of eight.
His notable award is Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.
He is still remembered for his notable work – Gitanjali (Song Offerings),Gora (Fair-Faced), Ghare-Baire (The Home and the World) etc.
He was the first non-European to get Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.
He has written many books like Bhikarini (The Beggar woman in Bengali), Sandhya Sangeeth, Nirjharer Swapnabhanga (Poem) etc,which mounds many lives.
He has written National anthems for 2 countries, India – “Jana Gana Mana” and Bengal – “Amar Shonar Bangla”.
He has also written prose-poems like Punashcha in the year of 1932, Shes Saptak in 1935, and Patraput in 1936.
He wrote prose-songs and dance-dramas which included Chitrangada in the year of 1914, Shyama in 1939, and Chandalika in 1938.
He also wrote many novels like Dui Bon, Malancha and novellas like and Char Odhyay, Chaturanga, Shesher Kobita, and Noukadubi.
He has also written non-fiction books like Europe Jatrir Patro and Manusher Dhormo.
This famous freedom fighter and poet had his final breaths on 7 August 1941 (aged 80)

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