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Rabindranath Tagore

ラビンドラナート・タゴール　/　らびんどらなーと・たごーる

Painter from India

May 7, 1861 – August 7, 1941　・　Kolkata, India

painter
poet
composer

My Take

I find Tagore endlessly compelling not because he won the 1913 Nobel Prize as the first Asian laureate, but because he refused to be one thing. Poet, painter, composer, playwright, reformer, he treated creativity as a single continuous act. What moves me most is the quiet devotion running through Gitanjali, a spirituality that feels intimate rather than grand. Born in Kolkata during a turbulent colonial era, he answered division with beauty and kept his convictions even after accepting a knighthood. To me he represents the rare artist whose work and conscience never drift apart. He remains a model of dignity.

Overview

Rabindranath Tagore (Bengali: [ɾobind̪ɾonat̪ʰ ʈʰakuɾ] ; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941), was a Bengali poet, author, playwright, musician, composer, philosopher, social reformer, painter, and one of the foremost figures of the Bengal Renaissance. In 1913, Tagore became the first Asian to win a Nobel Prize in any category, and also the first lyricist and non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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1. Profile

Name (English): Rabindranath Tagore
Name (Japanese): ラビンドラナート・タゴール
Reading: らびんどらなーと・たごーる
Born: May 7, 1861 – August 7, 1941
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Taurus / Rooster
Origin: Kolkata, India
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: painter / poet / composer / playwright / essayist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: University College London

Awards & achievements

1913 Nobel Prize in Literature
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
honorary doctor of the University of Calcutta
Knight Bachelor

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role
Notable work	Gitanjali	—
Notable work	Ghare-Bhaire	—
Notable work	Bhanusimha Thakurer Padabali	—
Notable work	Valmikipratibha	—
Notable work	Kabuliwala	—
Notable work	Kshudhita Pashan	—

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%93%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB

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