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Rabindranath Tagore

Born

in Calcutta, India

May 07, 1861

Died

August 07, 1941

Genre

Poetry, Literature & Arts, Spirituality

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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 "because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West."

Tagore modernised Bengali art by spurning rigid classical forms and resisting linguistic strictures. His novels, stories, songs, dance-dramas, and essays spoke to topics political and personal. Gitanjali (Song Offerings), Gora (Fair-Faced), and Ghare-Baire (The Home and the World) are his best-known works, and his verse, short stories, and novels were acclaimed—or panned—for their lyricism, colloquialism, naturalism, and unnatural contemplation. His compositions were chosen by two nations as nat ...more

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Average rating: 4.11 · 90,504 ratings · 7,984 reviews · 2,524 distinct works • Similar authors

	Gitanjali 4.29 avg rating — 11,769 ratings — published 1910 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chokher Bali by Rabindranath Tagore, Radha Chakravarty (Translator) 3.94 avg rating — 5,947 ratings — published 1903 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Home and the World by Rabindranath Tagore, Surendranath Tagore (Translator), Anita Desai (Introduction), William Radice (Editor) 3.83 avg rating — 5,983 ratings — published 1916 — 366 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gora 4.28 avg rating — 4,755 ratings — published 1910 — 141 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sesher Kobita, the Last Poem 4.24 avg rating — 4,390 ratings — published 1928 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	কাবুলিওয়ালা 4.34 avg rating — 3,801 ratings — published 1892 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	গল্পগুচ্ছ 4.53 avg rating — 2,866 ratings — published 1908 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nationalism 4.06 avg rating — 2,666 ratings — published 1917	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Post Office 4.08 avg rating — 2,219 ratings — published 1912 — 207 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gardener 4.27 avg rating — 1,975 ratings — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Rabindranath Tagore

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4.19 avg rating — 384 ratings

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4.40 avg rating — 228 ratings

Quotes by Rabindranath Tagore (?)

“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”
― Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds

tags: aspiration, assurance, beauty, clouds, color, conviction, inspirational, maturity, sunset

5316 likes

“If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.”
― Rabindranath Tagore

1459 likes

“Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers,
but to be fearless in facing them.

Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but
for the heart to conquer it.”
― Rabindranath Tagore, Collected Poems and Plays of Rabindranath Tagore

tags: danger, fearlessness, pain, perseverance

1258 likes

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September 2025 Old School Classics Group Read Poll

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton, 1905, 351 pp

56 votes, 36.1%

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Unknown, 1375, 144 pp

30 votes, 19.4%

What Maisie Knew by Henry James, 1897, 252 pp

29 votes, 18.7%

Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz, 1896, 589 pp

15 votes, 9.7%

The Absentee by Maria Edgeworth, 1812, 277 pp

15 votes, 9.7%

Gora by Rabindranath Tagore, 1910, 580 pp

10 votes, 6.5%

155 total votes

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