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The Nobel Prize in Literature 1913 was awarded to Rabindranath Tagore "because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West"
Rabindranath Tagore had not been nominated for the prize before 1913, making it one of the rare occasions when an author have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature the same year they were first nominated.
5 days ago · Rabindranath Tagore, the revered Bengali poet and polymath, left an enduring legacy through his profound literary works and became the first non-European Nobel laureate in Literature.
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1913 was awarded to Rabindranath Tagore "because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West"
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1913 was awarded to Rabindranath Tagore "because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West"
1913 - Awarded Nobel Prize for Literature, becoming the first Asian to receive it 1915 - Knighted 1919 - Resigned knighthood after Amritsar Massacre, in protest of British policies
Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913, and he was the first Indian as well as Asian to win Nobel Prize. He wrote eight novels, four novellas and a wide collection of poetry. The National Anthem of India was written by Rabindranath.
May 7, 2021 · In 1913, Tagore became the first non-European to win a Nobel Prize in Literature and second non-European to receive a Nobel Prize after Theodore Roosevelt for Gitanjali, his best-known collection of poetry.
Feb 21, 2017 · Detail of a page in The New York Times (November 19, 1916) reports: “Sir Rabindranath Tagore, Bengali Poet and Nobel Prize Winner, Feeding the Pigeons at the San Diego Exposition Just Before Leaving for New York.” In 1913, he received the Nobel Prize for Literature for his great English composition “Geetanjali” (Song Offerings).
Rabindranath Tagore was Asia’s first Nobel Prize winner. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913 for his book Gitanjali. Although most famed for his poetry, Tagore was a creative genius who played a crucial role in the cultural renaissance of India and Bengal in the 19th and early 20th Century.
