Rabindranath Tagore was a renowned Bengali poet, philosopher, novelist, and composer from India who greatly influenced Bengali literature. Some of his most famous works included Gitanjali, for which he became the first Asian Nobel laureate in 1913, as well as numerous stories, poems, songs, and three national anthems. Tagore was renowned for his spiritual poetry and his love of nature, offering insights on life through his lyrical writing.

1. RABINRANATH TAGORE [1861-1941]

2. • Rabindranath Tagore [7 May 1861] was a Bengali poet of India.
• He was a philosopher playwright , composer and an artist
• He wrote many stories ,novels, poems ,dramas as well as composing
music and many songs.
• His writing greatly influenced Bengali culture in the late 19th century
and early 20th century.

3. HIS FAMOUS WORKS
• Gitanjali
• The Home and the World
• Chokher Bali
• Shesher kabita
• The post office
• Saddhana, The realization of life
• Rabindra sangeet
• The Genius of Valmiki
• Jana gana mana

4. • Tagore was the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize .He was awarded the
Nobel prize for Literature in 1913 for his work Gitanjali.
• Gitanjali or ‘song offerings is a collection of 103 English poems of
Tagore’s own translations of his Bengali poems.
• Tagore was the only person to have written anthems for three states
• Jana Gana Mana ,the national anthem of India.
• Amar Shonar Bangla , the national anthem of Bangladesh .
• Sri Lanka Matha ,the national anthem of Sri Lanka.

5. • Tagore was renowned for his spiritual and magical poetry.
• His poetry is filled with beautiful language and mesmerizing verse.
• Tagore’s writing offers a new view of how one should live their life.
• Tagore had a great love for nature and many of his poems invoke the
simple beauties of the natural world.

6. • Tagore died on 7th August 1941, after a long painful illness aged 80