LITERATURE: Rabindranath Tagore 1913 — Prague, CZ
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Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore received the Nobel Laureate in Literature in 1913.
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Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 09/12/2010
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Rabindranath Tagore (in Czech transcripted as Rabíndranáth Thákur) was a Bengali poet, novelist, musician, painter and playwright. Tagore modernised Bengali art by spurning rigid classical forms. His novels, stories, songs, dance-dramas, and essays spoke to political and personal topics. 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 for their lyricism, colloquialism, naturalism, and contemplation.
Though known mostly for his poetry, Tagore also wrote novels, essays, short stories, travelogues, dramas, and thousands of songs. Of Tagore's prose, his short stories are perhaps most highly regarded; indeed, he is credited with originating the Bengali-language version of the genre. His works are frequently noted for their rhythmic, optimistic, and lyrical nature. Such stories mostly borrow from deceptively simple subject matter: common people.
This bust was gift of Indian embassy to the Dejvice city district. It is placed near a street carrying his name. It was sculpted by a contemporary Indian sculptor Gautam Pal.
(Some text was taken from Wikipedia)
Field of Accomplishment: Literature
Year of Award: 1913
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