Rabindranath Tagore's 80th death anniversary: Today (08 August) is the 80th death anniversary of the great polymath Rabindranath Tagore.
Today marks the 80th death anniversary of the great polymath - poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter - and the Bard of Bengal, Rabindranath Tagore. Also known as Rabi, Gurudev and Biswakabi, Rabindranath Tagore's work has inspired generations of artists. The subtle genius of his stories and poetry has left an indelible mark on the world.
He was the first non-European person to win a Nobel Prize in Literature for his translated work of poetry, 'Gitanjali: Song Offerings.' He reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
He was founded the Visva-Bharathi University at Santiniketan in 1921.
Rabindranath Tagore, son of Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi, was born on May 7, 1861, in the Jorasanko mansion in Calcutta. He lost his mother at the young age of 14. Tagore enrolled at a public school at Brighton in East Sussex, England, at the age of 17. He also studied law at the University College London. However, he soon left school and started studying literature. He was inspired by English, Irish, and Scottish folk tunes. He returned to India in the year 1880.
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