2. Rabindranath Tagore (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941)
1874 : first published poem , Abhilaash(Desire)
1913 : Noble Prize in Literature for Gitanjali
1915 : knighted by the ruling British Government
first drama-opera : Valmiki Pratibha (The Genius of Valmiki)
1921 : established Viswabharati University
Music : Rabindrasangit , a collection of 2230 songs
also involved in art, theatre ,politics
Author
3. Collection of 30 short stories translated by
William Radice
The Living and the Dead
The Postmaster
A Single Night
Kabuliwallah
………………………………………..and many more
Contents
4. Rich with tradition, culture and literature
Stirred different emotions; love, pain, deception, humanity, loss, yearn, all being
portrayed beautifully in one or the other story
Raw Indian-ness depicting several walks of life and their trivialities is seen throughout
Focus is always the human nature
Reflects the contemporary life in rural and urban Bengal ,people, customs, social
structure, turmoil, and relationships of the times in which they were written
There is not a single happy story in the book, which makes Tagore seem like so much of
.
a pessimist
Not being an absolute literary expert or critic, all I can say is, it was an absolute treat
going through the pages of this collection
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