Rabindranath Tagore
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- Series: World Philosophers and Their Works
- Categories: Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Novelists, Short Story Writers, Drama, Theater, Playwrights, Entertainment, Entertainers, Poetry, Poets
- Curriculum: Asian History
Article abstract: Nobel laureate Tagore, known for his lyric poetry, synthesized Eastern and Western spirituality in his numerous literary and philosophical works. He described a “religion of man,” which emphasized the divinity of humanity and the humanity of God.
Early Life
Rabindranath Tagore was born on May 7, 1861, into a prosperous Bengali family in Calcutta, India. The fourteenth child and eighth son of Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi, he grew up surrounded by the artistic and intellectual pursuits of his elders. Agricultural landholdings...
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