This biography about Rabindranath Tagore, recipient of the 1913 Nobel Prize for Literature, was born into a Brahman family in Calcutta, India.
BIOGRAPHY
Rabindranath Tagore, recipient of the 1913 Nobel Prize for Literature, was born into a Brahman family in Calcutta, India. His father was Maharishi Debendranath Tagore and his mother was Sarada Devi. He was educated at the Bengal Academy and the University College in London.
Tagore published his first book, the collection of poetry entitled KABIKAHINI (A POET'S TALE), when he was 17. He became widely known with his 1912 publication, GITANJALI: SONG OFFERINGS.
Rabindranath Tagore died in Calcutta, India in 1941.
CHRONOLOGY
1861 He was born in Calcutta, India. (May 7)
1878 KABIKAHINI (A POET'S TALE)
1882 SADHYA SANGEET (EVENING SONGS)
1883 PRABHAT SANGEET (MORNING SONGS); BAU-THAKURANIR HAT; He married Mrinalini Devi Raichaudhuri.
1887 RAJASHI
1889 RAJA O RANI (THE KING AND THE QUEEN)
1890 VISARGAN (SACRIFICE); MANASI; He moved to East Bengal.
1891 IUROPE-JATRIR DIARI
1893 VALMIKI PRATIBHA
1894 SONAR TARI (THE GOLDEN BOAT)
1900 KHANIKA (MOMENTS); KATHA; KALPANA
1901 NASHTANIR (THE BROKEN NEST); He founded the school, Visva-Bharati.
1902 SHARAN; BINODINI; His wife died.
1903 CHOCHER BALI (EYESORE)
1905 NAUKADUBI
1906 KHEYA; NAUKADUBI (THE WRECK)
1907 GORA
1908 SARADOTSAVA (AUTUMN FESTIVAL)
1912 GALPAGUCCHA (A BUNCH OF STORIES); CHINNAPATRA; VIDAY-ABHISAP (THE CURSE AT FAREWELL; GITANJALI (SONG OFFERING); JIBAN SMRTI (MY REMINISCENES); DAKGHAR (POST OFFICE)
1913 THE CRESCENT MOON; GLIMPSES OF BENGAL LIFE; THE HUNGRY STONES AND OTHER STORIES; He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
1914 CHITRA; CHITIMALAYA; THE KING OF THE DARK CHAMBER; THE POST OFFICE; SADHANA
1915 He was knighted.
1916 GHARE-BAIRE (THE HOME AND THE WORLD); BALAK; CHATURANGA; FRUIT GATHERING; THE HUNGRY STONES; STRAY BIRDS
1917 PERSONALITY; THE CYCLE OF SPRING; SACRIFICE, AND OTHER PLAYS; MY REMINISCENE; NATIONALISM
1918 MASHI AND OTHER STORIES; STORIES FROM TAGORE; PLATAKA
1919 JAPAN-JATRI (A VISIT TO JAPAN); He surrendered his knighthood in protest of the Massacre of Amritsar.
1921 GREATER INDIA; THE FUGITIVE; CREATIVE UNITY; Visva-Bharati became a university.
1922 LIPIKA; MUKTADHARA
1923 POEMS
1924 GORA; LETERS FROM ABROAD; RED OLEANDER
1925 GRIHAPRABEH; BROKEN TIES AND OTHER STORIES; RABINDRANATH TAGORE: TWENTY-TWO POEMS; RAKTA-KARABI (RED OLEANDERS)
1926 SADHANA; NATIR PUJA
1928 LETTERS TO A FRIEND
1929 SESHER KAVITA (FAREWELL, MY FRIEND); MAHUA (THE HERALD OF SPRING); JATRI; YAGAYOG
1930 THE RELIGION OF MAN
1931 THE CHILD; RASHIAR CHITHI (LETTERS FROM RUSSIA)
1932 PATRAPUT; PUNASCHA; MAHATMAHI AND THE DEPRESSED HUMANITY; THE GOLDEN BOAT; SHEAVES, POEMS, AND SONGS
1933 DUI BON (TWO SISTERS); CHANDALIKA
1934 MALANCHA (THE GARDEN); CHAR ADHYAYA (FOUR CHAPTERS)
1935 BITHIKA; SHESH SAPTAK
1936 PATRAPUT; SYAMALI; COLLECTED POEMS AND PLAYS
1937 KHAPCHARA
1938 SEMJUTI; PRANTIK
1939 PRAHASINI; PATHER SANCAY; AKASPRADIP; SYAMA
1940 NABAJATAK; SHANAI; CHELEBELA (MYBOYHOOD DAYS); ROGSHAJYAY
1941 AROGYA; JNMADINE; GALPASALPA; LAST POEMS; He died in Calcutta, India.
1944 THE PARROTS TRAINING
1945 ROLLAND AND TAGORE
1950 THREE PLAYS; CRISIN IN CIVILIZATION
1951 SHEAVES; MORE STORIES FROM TAGORE
1955 A TAGORE'S TESTAMENT
1958 OUR UNIVERSE
1959 THE RUNAWAY AND OTHER STORIES
1960 WINGS OF DEATH; GITABITAN
1961 A TAGORE READER; TOWARDS UNIVERSAL MAN; ON ART AND AESTHETICS; BICITRA
1962 GALAGUCCHA
1964 BOUNDLESS SKY; THE HOUSEWARMING; RABINDRA-RACANABALI, 1964-66, 27 vols.
1972 IMPERFECT ENCOUNTER
1974 LATER POEMS
1977 THE HOUSEWARMING
1985 RABINDRANATH TAGORE: SELECTED POEMS
