EDUCATION UGC NET
BASIC FACT ABOUT EDUCATION SYSTEMS
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Poet
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Musician
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Philosopher
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Detailed explanation-1: -Although Tagore wrote successfully in all literary genres, he was first of all a poet. Among his fifty and odd volumes of poetry are Manasi (1890) [The Ideal One], Sonar Tari (1894) [The Golden Boat], Gitanjali (1910) [Song Offerings], Gitimalya (1914) [Wreath of Songs], and Balaka (1916) [The Flight of Cranes].
Detailed explanation-2: -Tagore is indeed one of the greatest lyric poets of the world. His lyrics are noted for their simplicity and directness of expression.
Detailed explanation-3: -Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali poet, short-story writer, song composer, playwright, and painter.
Detailed explanation-4: -Tagore is a world poet who has infused the message of peace and love through his poetry which has become a guiding principle particularly for the Western people who are suffering from troubles, tortures, anxiety and tensions in the world which is on the threshold of war.
Detailed explanation-5: -Rabindranath Tagore became the first Asian to became Nobel laureate when he won Nobel Prize for his collection of poems, Gitanjali, in 1913. He was popularly called as Gurudev and his songs were popularly known as Rabindrasangeet.