Rabindranath Tagore (Bengali: Rabindranath Thakur) ([roˈbindroˌnat taˈgur] or [taˈgɔ(r)] May 7, 1861 – August 7, 1941[γ]), also known by the sobriquet Gurudev[δ], was a Bengali poet from India, Brahmo Samaj (syncretic Hindu monotheist) philosopher, visual artist, playwright, composer, and novelist whose avant-garde works reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A celebrated cultural icon of Bengal, he became Asia's first Nobel laureate when he won the
1913
Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Rabindra Nath Tagore was not awarded nobel prize in 1931. In 1931 some sweden scholar got the prize
2006-08-28 00:54:44
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answered by PK LAMBA 6
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in 1931
He lived from 1861-1941 and won the nobel prize (the first Indian to do so) for his book, Gitanjali, a collection of poems originally written in Bengali and later translated into English
2006-08-24 12:52:52
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