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Rabindranath Tagore

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Rabindranath Tagore
Close-up on a Bengali word handwritten with angular, jaunty letters.
Born 7 May 1861(1861-05-07)
Kolkata
Died 7 August 1941(1941-08-07) (aged 80)
Kolkata
Pen name Gurudev/Bhanu Shingho
Occupation Poet, writer, lecturer
Nationality Indian
Ethnicity Bengali
Genres Poet, novelist, short-story writer, essayist, playwright, thespian, educationist, spiritualist, philosopher, internationalist, painter, cultural relativist, orator, composer, song-writer, singer, artist
Subjects Literature
Literary movement Bengal Renaissance
Notable work(s) Gitanjali
Gora
Ghare-Baire
Notable award(s) Nobel Prize in Literature
1913
Spouse(s) Mrinalini Devi (1883–1900)


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