Rabindranath Tagore
1861–1941 · Indian (Bengal) · British Raj/Modern India
Known for: Nobel Prize poet, philosopher, painter, educator, and composer of two national anthems — Bengal's universal genius
Tagore won the Nobel Prize for Literature (1913), composed the national anthems of India AND Bangladesh, founded Visva-Bharati University, and produced a staggering body of poetry, fiction, drama, essays, songs, and paintings.
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