Tagore

by Sugata Bose

One of the greatest writers in modern Indian literature, Bengali poet, playwright, novelist, visual artist, composer, educator, Rabindranath Tagore’s works reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A cultural icon of Bengal and India, and an early advocate of Independence for India, he became Asia's first Nobel laureate when he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.

175 pages, Hardcover

Published December 1, 2008

About the author

Sugata Bose is the Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs at Harvard University.
He was born in Calcutta, India. He studied at the Presidency College, Kolkata. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge under Eric Stokes. He is the grandnephew of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and grandson of Nationalist leader Sarat Chandra Bose.
He is the author of several books on the economic, social and political history of modern South Asia, and has pioneered work in historical studies emphasizing the centrality of the Indian Ocean. He is heading the mentors' group for revival of Presidency College.
He is married to Ayesha Jalal, a prominent Pakistani historian.