Who was Rabindranath Tagore?
(Show more) Who was Rabindranath Tagore? Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali poet, short-story writer, song composer, playwright, and painter.
What are Tagore’s novels in Bengali?
Tagore’s novels in Bengali are less well known than his poems and short stories; they include Gora (1910) and Ghare-Baire (1916), translated into English as Gora and The Home and the World, respectively.
Why did Rabindranath Tagore write the poem Amar Sonar Bangla?
In 1971, Rabindranath Tagore wrote a poem ‚ Amar Sonar Bangla‘ (National Anthem of Bangladesh), to protest the Partition of Bengal in 1905 on communal lines. The Bengal partition cut off the Muslim majority East Bengal from the Hindu majority West Bengal.
Why did Tagore go to East Bengal?
In 1891 Tagore went to East Bengal (now in Bangladesh) to manage his family’s estates at Shilaidah and Shazadpur for 10 years. There he often stayed in a houseboat on the Padma River (the main channel of the Ganges River ), in close contact with village folk, and his sympathy for them became the keynote of much of his later writing.
What did Rabindranath Tagore’s father buy in Santiniketan?
Rabindranath’s father bought a large parcel of land in Santiniketan, intending to establish a preparatory school. On November 13, 1913, Tagore won the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Swedish Academy had selected him based on a small number of his translated works, and his 1912 work of poems named Gitanjali: Song Offerings .
When did Rabindranath Tagore write Galpaguchchha?
Tagore wrote many stories during the period from 1891 to 1895. Galpaguchchha (Bunch of Stories) is a three volume collection of eighty-four of his stories. Tagore wrote about half of these stories during the period 1891 to 1895. This collection continues to be very popular work of Bangla literature.