Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore

• Rabindranath Tagore. Rabindranath Tagore, the Nobel laureate poet, writer, philosopher was the ambassador of Indian culture to the rest of the world.

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)

Greatest writer in modern Indian literature, Bengali poet, novelist, educator, and an early advocate of Independence for India. Tagaore won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. Two years later he was awarded the knighthood, but he surrendered it in 1919 as a protest against the Massacre of Amritsar, where British troops killed some 400 Indian demonstrators. Tagore's influence over Gandhi and the founders of modern India was enormous, but his reputation in the West as a mystic has perhaps mislead his Western readers to ignore his role as a reformer and critic of colonialism.

List of works done by Tagore
KABIKAHINI, 1878
SADHYA SANGEET, 1882
PRABHAT SANGEET, 1883
BAU-THAKURANIR HAT, 1883
RAJASHI, 1887
RAJA O RANI, 1889 - The King and the Queen (tr. 1918) / Devouring Love (tr. 1961)
VISARGAN, 1890 - Sacrifice (tr. 1917)
MANASI, 1890
IUROPE-JATRIR DIARI, 1891, 1893 (2 vols.)
VALMIKI PRATIBHA, 1893
SONAR TARI, 1894 - The Golden Boat (translated by Bhabani Bhattacharya)
KSHANIKA, 1900
KATHA, 1900
KALPANA, 1900
NAIVEDYA, 1901 - Noibedya = Altar Offering (translation by Brother James)
NASHTANIR, 1901 - The Broken Nest (translated by Mary M. Lago and Supriya Sen)
SHARAN, 1902
CHOCHER BALI, 1903 - Eyesore (tr. 1914) / A Grain of Sand (tr. Sreejeta Guha)
NAUKADUBI, 1905 - The Wreck (tr. J.D. Drummond) - Haaksirikko (suom. J. Hollo)
KHEYA, 1906
GORA, 1907-09 - Gora (tr. by Rabindranath Tagore and Sujit Mukherjee) - Gora (suom. J. Hollo)
SARADOTSAVA, 1908 - Autumn Festival (tr. 1921)
RAJA, 1910 - The King of the Dark Chamber, 1914 (tr. by Rabindranath Tagore) - Pimeän kammion kuningas ja muita draamoja (suom. suom. J. Hollo)
GALPAGUCCHA, 1912 - A Bunch of Stories (translated by Monika Varma)
CHINNAPATRA, 1912 (expanded ed. CHINNAPATRABALI, 1960) - Glimpses of Bengal (tr. 1921)
VIDAY-ABHISAP, 1912 - The Curse at Farewell (translated by Edward Thompson)
GITANJALI, 1912 - Gitanjali (tr. by Rabindranath Tagore) / Gitanjali (translations by Brother James) / Song Offerings (tr. by Joe Winter, publ. Anvil Press) / Show Yourself to My Soul (tr. by James Talarovic) - Lauluja (suomentanut Eino Leino) / Uhrilauluja (suomentanut Eino Leino) / Uhrilauluja (suom. Osmo Iisalo)
JIBAN SMRTI, 1912 - My Reminiscenes (translated by Surendranath Tagore) - Elämäni muistoja (suom. J. Hollo)
DAKGHAR, 1912 - Post Office (translated by Devabrata Mukerjea) / The Post Office (translated by Krishna Dutta and Andrew Robinson)
The Gardener, 1913 (tr. by Rabindranath Tagore) - Puutarhuri: suorasanaisia runoelmia (suomentanut Eino Leino)
The Crescent Moon, 1913 (tr. by Rabindranath Tagore)
The Hungry Stones and Other Stories, 1913
CHITRA, 1914 - Chitra (transl. R. Tagore)
GHITIMALAYA, 1914 - Gitimalya = Garland of Songs (translations by Brother James)
Songs of Kabir, 1915 (tr. by Rabindranath Tagore and Evelyn Underhill)
PHALGUNI, 1916 - The Cycle of Spring
GHARE-BAIRE, 1916 - The Home and the World (translated by Surendranath Tagore) - Koti ja maailma (suomentanut J. Hollo)
BALAK, 1916 - A Flight of Swans (tr. by Aurobindo Bose)
CHATURANGA, 1916 - Quartet (tr. Kaiser Haq) / Chaturanga, a Novel (translated by Asok Mitra)
Fruit Gathering, 1916 - Rakkauden laulu (suomentanut Hannele Pohjanmies)
SADHANA, 1916 - Sadhana: The Realisation of Life - Sadhana: elämän oleellistaminen (suom. J. Hollo)
Stray Birds, 1916 - Villilintuja: elämänviisautta (suomentanut Pertti Seppälä)
PERSONALITY, 1917 (lectures delivered in America) - Persoonallisuus (suomentanut J. Hollo)
Sacrifice, and Other Plays, 1917
Nationalism, 1917
Mashi and Other Stories, 1918 (translated by various writers)
Stories from Tagore, 1918
The Parrots Training, 1918 (tr. by Rabindranath Tagore)
PALATAKA, 1918
JAPAN-JATRI, 1919 - A Visit to Japan (tr. 1961)
Greater India, 1921 (tr. S. Ganesan)
The Fugitive, 1921
Creative Unity, 1921
LIPIKA, 1922 - Lipika: Prose Poems (translated by Aurobindo Bose)
MUKTA-DHARA, 1922 - Mukta-dhara (tr. 1950)
Poems, 1923
Letters from Abroad, 1924
GRIHAPRABESH, 1925
Broken Ties and Other Stories, 1925
Rabindranath Tagore: Twenty-Two Poems, 1925 (tr. E.J. Thompson)
RAKTA-KARABI, 1925 - Red Oleanders
NATIR PUJA, 1926 - Natir Puja (transl. 1950)
Fireflies, 1928
Letters to a Friend, 1928 (edited by C.F. Andrews)
SESHER KAVITA, 1929 - Farewell, My Friend (tr. by K.R. Kripalani)
MAHUA, 1929 - The Herald of Spring (tr. 1957)
JATRI, 1929
YAGAYOG, 1929 - Nexus (tr. Hiten Bhaya) / Relationships = Jogajog (translated by Supirya Chaudhuri)
The Religion of Man, 1930 (the Hibbert Lectures for 1930) - Ihmiskunnan uskonto (suomentanut Heikki Eskelinen)
The Child, 1931
RASHIAR CHITHI, 1931 - Letters from Russia (tr. 1960)
PATRAPUTA, 1932 - Patraput (translated by Sisir Chattopadhyaya)
PUNASCHA, 1932
Mahatmahi and the Depressed Humanity, 1932
The Golden Boat, 1932
Sheaves, Poems and Songs, 1932 (selected and translated by Nagendranath Gupta)
DUI BON, 1933 - Two Sisters (tr. 1945)
CHANDALIKA, 1933 - Chandalika (tr. by Shyamasree Devi, in Two Buddhist Plays, 1993)
MALANCHA, 1934 - The Garden (tr. Malosree Sandel)
CHAR ADHYAYA, 1934 - Four Chapters (tr. 1950)
BITHIKA, 1935
SHESH SAPTAK, 1935
SYAMALI, 1936 - Syamali (transl. 1955)
PATRAPUT, 1936
Collected Poems and Plays, 1936
KHAPCHARA, 1937
SEMJUTI, 1938
PRANTIK, 1938
PRAHASINI, 1939
PATHER SANCAY, 1939
AKASPRADIP, 1939
SYAMA, 1939
NABAJATAK, 1940
SHANAI, 1940
CHELEBELA, 1940 - Boyhood Days (translated by Radha Chakravarty) / My Boyhood Days: an Autobiographical Sketch (translated by Marjorie Sykes)
ROGSHAJYAY, 1940
AROGYA, 1941
JANMADINE, 1941
GALPASALPA, 1941
Last Poems, 1941
Rolland and Tagore, 1945
Three Plays, 1950 (translated by Marjorie Sykes)
Crisis in Civilization, 1950
More Stories from Tagore, 1951
A Tagore Testament, 1954 (tr. by Undu Dutt)
Our Universe, 1958 (tr. by Indu Dutt)
The Runaway and Other Stories, 1959
Wings of Death, 1960 (tr. by Aurobindo Bose)
GITABITAN, 1960
CHINNAPATRABALI, 1960 - Glimpses of Bengal
A Tagore Reader, 1961 (ed. by Amiya Chakravarty)
Towards Universal Man, 1961
On Art and Aesthetics, 1961
BICITRA, 1961
GALPAGUCCHA, 1960-62 (4 vols.)
Boundless Sky, 1964
The Housewarming, 1964
RABINDRA-RACANABALI, 1964-1966 (27 vols.)
Imperfect Encounter, 1972
Later Poems, 1974 (tr. by Aurobindo Bose)
The Housewarming, 1977
Rabindranath Tagore: Selected Poems, 1985 (translated by William Radice)
Rabindranath Tagore: Selected Short Stories, 1991 (trans. by William Radice)