Gitanjali

by Rabindranath Tagore

Overview

Moving, heart-felt prose poems by the beloved and much admired Bengali poet and mystic who first achieved international fame (and a Nobel Prize) in 1913 with his translation of these moving poems. Reminiscent of Blake and Gibran, they include many works that are almost biblical in their rhythms, phrasing and images. With an introduction by William Butler Yeats.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781784351465
Publisher:	Jiahu Books
Publication date:	06/29/2015
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.41(d)
Language:	Bengali

About the Author

Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), India’s first Nobel Laureate, polymath, philosopher, poet, painter, musician, novelist, essayist, playwright, educationist and more, was a central figure of the Bengal Renaissance, and one of the most influential and creative minds of India. His corpus of work is enormous and astonishing in its range and complexity, including 14 novels, plays, some 60 volumes of verse, more than 100 short stories, over 2,300 songs including the Indian national anthem.