Rabindranath Tagore, arguably India’s most well-known poet, reshaped Bengali literature and music. He became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. Below is a list of 6 must-read books by the litterateur:
Selected Poems by Rabindranath Tagore
In 1913, Rabindranath Tagore became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and he remains one of the most important voices of Bengali culture to this day. Tagore’s poetry continues to rise above geographic and cultural boundaries to capture the imaginations of readers around the world.
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Nindiya Chor by Rabindranath Tagore
Nindiya Chor/The Crescent Moon marks the irresistible coming together of two giants of poetry: Rabindranath Tagore and Gulzar. Drawing on some of Tagore’s most well-known poetry for children, including Shishu, Gulzar’s translation provides a whole new insight to the world of the child. Including the original in Bengali and Tagore’s own English translations of the same, this is a collector’s edition. A must for all lovers of poetry and literature.
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Baaghbaan by Rabindranath Tagore
Baaghbaan/The Gardener marks the irresistible coming together of two giants of poetry: Rabindranath Tagore and Gulzar. Drawing on some of Tagore’s most well-known poetry collections – Chitra, Kshanika, Sonar Tari – Gulzar’s translation provides a whole new insight to the Bard of Bengal. Including the original in Bengali and Tagore’s own English translations of the same, this is a collector’s edition. A must for all lovers of poetry and literature.
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The Boat-Wreck by Rabindranath Tagore
Initially serialized in Bangadarshan magazine between 1903 and 1904, and then published as a novel in 1906, Noukadoobi was Tagore’s exercise in psychoanalytical probing of an ensemble cast of characters, to reveal not just their individual pains and passions, but also the collective consciousness of the society of the period. Narrated in warm tones that reveal the tenderness of everyday life, and translated gracefully by Arunava Sinha, here is a story about love and sacrifice, faith and resilience that is timeless.
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The Last Poem by Rabindranath Tagore
An intensely romantic story that unfolds in the beautiful hill station of Shillong in north-eastern India, The Last Poem (Shesher Kavita) is considered by many to be Rabindranath Tagore’s finest prose work. Amit Ray travels to Shillong to escape from the drudgery of his middle-class existence and finds himself ensnared instead in a web of passion and poetry with the elegant and enigmatic Lavanya. As the protagonists grow closer to each other in this unconventional love story, they also discover themselves – their strengths, their ambitions, their flaws, their follies.
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Selected Short Stories by Rabindranath Tagore
These short stories, written mostly in the 1890s, vividly portray Bengali life and culture. Tagore’s treatment of caste culture, bureaucracy, and poverty paint a vivid portrait of nineteenth-century India, and all are interwoven with Tagore’s perceptive eye for detail, a strong sense of humanity, and deep affinity for the natural world. Tagore’s stories continue to rise above geographic and cultural boundaries to capture the imaginations of readers around the world.
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