The Writings of Rabindranath Tagore

 

 

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Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was a Bengali poet, philosopher, artist, playwright, composer and novelist. India’s first Nobel laureate, Tagore won the 1913 Nobel Prize for Literature. He composed the text of both India’s and Bangladesh’s respective national anthems. Tagore travelled widely and was friends with many notable 20th century figures such as William Butler Yeats, H.G. Wells, Ezra Pound, and Albert Einstein. While he supported Indian Independence, he often had tactical disagreements with Gandhi (at one point talking him out of a fast to the death). His body of literature is deeply sympathetic for the poor and upholds universal humanistic values. His poetry drew from traditional Vaisnava folk lyrics and was often deeply mystical.

 Gitanjali [1913]
 Saddhana, The Realisation of Life [1916]
 The Crescent Moon [1913]
 Fruit-Gathering [1916]
 Stray Birds [1916]
 The Home and the World [1915]
 Thought Relics [1921]

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Translated by Rabindranath Tagore

 Songs of Kabîr, Translated by Rabindranath Tagore, Introduction by Evelyn Underhill; New York, The Macmillan Company; [1915]