Gitanjali

by Rabindranath Tagore

Overview

The speech of my heart will be carried on in murmurings of a song.

Containing an assortment of 103 poems translated from the Bengali by Tagore himself Gitanjali is literally an 'offering of songs' that made Tagore the first non-European to win the prestigious Nobel Prize for Literature (1913).

A poetic masterpiec...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789362133830
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers India
Publication date:	06/01/2024
Pages:	132
Product dimensions:	5.06(w) x 7.81(h) x 0.31(d)

About the Author

One of the leading figures of Bengali literature, Rabindranath Tagore was born on May 7, 1861. He was brought up in a literary, intellectual, and social household, and began writing at an early age. The bibliography of his writing contains more than two hundred works and around two thousand two hundred songs. From poetic dramas, social plays, short stories, philosophical and critical essays, and travelogues to letters, memoirs, lyrics, drawings, and paintings, Tagore’s life was marked by uninterrupted literary and artistic creations. Many of Tagore’s stories and novels have been adapted for film and television. His works continue to be translated into many languages worldwide.