| Gitanjali (Dodo Press) Contributor(s): Tagore, Rabindranath (Author), Yeats, William Butler (Introduction by), Yeats, W. B. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1406548626 ISBN-13: 9781406548624 Publisher: Dodo Press OUR PRICE: $11.04 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2007 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry |
| Physical Information: 0.12" H x 6" W x 9" (0.18 lbs) 48 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), also known by the sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali poet, Brahmo Samaj philosopher, visual artist, playwright, novelist, and composer whose works reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A cultural icon of Bengal and India, he became Asia's first Nobel laureate when he won the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature. A Pirali Bengali Brahmin from Calcutta, Tagore first wrote poems at age eight. He published his first substantial poetry under the pseudonym Bhanushingho (Sun Lion). Tagore's works included numerous novels, short-stories, collection of songs, dance-drama, political and personal essays. Some prominent examples are Gora (Fair-Faced) (1910), Gitanjali (Song Offerings) (1912), and Ghare-Baire (The Home and the World) (1919). His verse, short stories, and novels-many defined by rhythmic lyricism, colloquial language, meditative naturalism, and philosophical contemplation-received worldwide acclaim. His other works include The King of the Dark Chamber (1914), The Gardener (1915), Songs of Kabir (1915), Fruit-Gathering (1916), Stray Birds (1916), The Hungry Stones and Other Stories (1916) and Glimpses of Bengal (1920). |