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1861–1941
A towering figure of the Bengal Renaissance, Rabindranath Tagore transformed poetry, music, drama, and education with work rooted in both Bengali culture and universal humanism. His collection Gitanjali earned him the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Rabindranath Tagore (7 May 1861–7 August 1941) was a Bengali poet, novelist, playwright, composer, philosopher, painter, and social reformer. Born into a prominent family in Calcutta, he became one of the most influential literary figures of modern India.
Tagore wrote poetry, fiction, essays, plays, songs, and philosophical works in Bengali and English. His best-known collection, Gitanjali, brought his writing international recognition and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.
Beyond literature, Tagore helped shape modern Indian education and founded Visva-Bharati University at Santiniketan. His creative legacy continues through his poems, songs, stories, and ideas about culture, learning, freedom, and the relationship between humanity and nature.