Gitanjali, song offerings = Gītāñjali
Selection of 103 verses from 157 poems of the original Bengali edition.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English Bengali |
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New Delhi :
UBSPD, in association with Visva-Bharati,
©2003.
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| Edition: | Prathama prakāśa. |
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| Summary: | Selection of 103 verses from 157 poems of the original Bengali edition. |
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| Item Description: | A collection of prose translations made by the author from the original Bengali manuscript - Title page. |
| Physical Description: | vii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Also issued online. |
| ISBN: | 8174764275 9788174764270 |
| Author Notes: | While returning to England in 1912, he began translating his latest selections of poems, Gitanjali, into English. It was published in September 1912 in a limited edition by the India Society in London. In 1913, he received the Nobel Prize for literature. He was the first non-westerner to receive the honor. In 1915, he was knighted by King George V, but Tagore renounced his knighthood in 1919 following the Amritsar massacre of 400 Indian demonstrators by British troops. He primarily worked in Bengali, but after his success with Gitanjali, he translated many of his other works into English. He wrote over one thousand poems; eight volumes of short stories; almost two dozen plays and play-lets; eight novels; and many books and essays on philosophy, religion, education and social topics. He also composed more than two thousand songs, both the music and lyrics. Two of them became the national anthems of India and Bangladesh. He died on August 7, 1941 at the age of 80. (Bowker Author Biography) |
