Gitanjali - Couverture souple

Tagore, Rabindranath

 
9781619492080: Gitanjali

Synopsis

In a collection of over 100 poems, Rabindranath Tagore explores a variety of topics, from the pastoral to the divine. The verses are considered songs of devotion. Originally translated into English by W. B. Yeats in 1912, the pieces collected in “Gitanjali” earned Tagore the first Nobel Prize for Literature ever awarded to a non-European.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In a collection of over 100 poems, Rabindranath Tagore explores a variety of topics, from the pastoral to the divine. The verses are considered songs of devotion. Originally translated into English by W. B. Yeats in 1912, the pieces collected in “Gitanjali” earned Tagore the first Nobel Prize for Literature ever awarded to a non-European.

Biographie de l'auteur

Born in 1861 to an influential Bengali family, Rabindranath Tagore achieved fame as a novelist, playwright, poet, painter, lecturer, politician, and composer. In 1913 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature, the first non-European to achieve such an honor. He died in 1941.

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