Rabindranath Tagore

Biography

Rabindranath Tagore, was a British Indian poet, author, playwright, musician, composer, philosopher, social reformer, painter, and one of the foremost figures of the Bengal Renaissance. In 1913, Tagore became the first non-European to win a Nobel Prize in any category, and also the first lyricist to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. A significant moulder of culture within Bengal and the Indian subcontinent, he wrote and composed the national anthems of India and Bangladesh.

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Awards & recognition

• ★Nobel Prize in Literature · 1913
• ★honorary doctor of the University of Calcutta
• ★Knight Bachelor
• ★Officer of the Order of the British Empire
• ☆Nobel Prize in Literature · 1913 · nominated