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May 13, 2024 · In 1913 Rabindranath Tagore became the first non-European to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. Tagore was awarded a knighthood in 1915, but he repudiated it in 1919 as a protest against the Amritsar (Jallianwala Bagh) Massacre.
The first musician (and first non-European) to win the Nobel Prize for literature, Tagore possessed an artistry—and lasting influence—that mirrored Dylan’s. Bengal’s own renaissance man. Tagore...
Oct 14, 2016 · Rabindranath Tagore, a wildly talented Indian poet, painter and musician, took the prize in 1913. The first musician (and first non-European) to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, Tagore ...
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Author of the "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful" poetry of Gitanjali, he became in 1913 the first non-European and the first lyricist to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Tagore's poetic songs were viewed as spiritual and mercurial; where his elegant prose and magical poetry were widely popular in the Indian subcontinent . [9]
Oct 20, 2016 · It is not legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan but a Bengali literary giant who is the first songwriter (and first non-European) to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali was a song book and it won a Nobel in 1913, a win that precedes Dylan's by over a century! By Sanchari Pal. October 20, 2016.
Author of the "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful" poetry of Gitanjali, he became 1913 the first non-European and the first lyricist to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. At the age of 8, he started taking poetry lessons.
May 24, 2010 · Rabindranath Tagore. This popular literary figure was the first Asian to win a Nobel Literature prize.
