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    Rabindranath Tagore, the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, and the British Raj: Some Untold Stories
    Rabindranath Tagore, the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, and the British Raj: Some Untold Stories
    Rabindranath Tagore, the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, and the British Raj: Some Untold Stories
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    Rabindranath Tagore, the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, and the British Raj: Some Untold Stories

    By A. B. M. Shamsud Doulah

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    Rabindranath Tagore is the most famous composer of Bengali lyrics and won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913. This book includes the full text of his prize-winning book, Gitanjali (Song Offerings), in its English version along with an introduction by W.B. Yeats that was published in London in 1912.

    Up until Gitanjali, Tagore was not popular in Bengaland his name was not even mentioned in The History of Bengali Language and Literature by Dinesh Chandra Sen, which was Published by the University of Calcutta in 1912.

    The author examines how the Hindu mystic poet was influenced by the great fictional epics Ramayana and Mahabharata and other ancient Hindu religious books, especially Upanishads. He also explores how Christian and Islamic literature and culture influenced the poets writings.

    Discover the untold story of how Tagores connections with influential Jews of England, other European countries, and the United States may have contributed to him winning the prize that led to his fame.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPartridge Publishing Singapore
    Release dateFeb 29, 2016
    ISBN9781482864038
    Rabindranath Tagore, the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, and the British Raj: Some Untold Stories
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    A. B. M. Shamsud Doulah

    A. B. M. Shamsud Doulah is an assistant professor of English at Jagannath College in Dhaka, an advocate of the Bangladesh Supreme Court, and operates the law firm Doulah & Doulah in Dhaka. He formerly was an assistant editor of the English daily newspaper The People in Dhaka.

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