The trip went delightfully well for the poet and its highlight was his visit to the tomb of Hafez in Shiraz. Includes Mahatma Gandhi, Akbar, Swami Vivekananda and Indira Gandhi. He was brought up in a traditional Hindu family and taught to pray and meditate from an early age. Then in 1980, he returned back to Bengal without any degree. A "fire-bath" of fascism was to have educed "the immortal soul of Italy ... clothed in quenchless light". India's National Gallery of Modern Art lists 102 works by Tagore in its collections. Later, with the development of new poetic ideas in Bengal – many originating from younger poets seeking to break with Tagore's style – Tagore absorbed new poetic concepts, which allowed him to further develop a unique identity. In 1912, he went to England. [170] Ortega y Gasset wrote that "Tagore's wide appeal [owes to how] he speaks of longings for perfection that we all have [...] Tagore awakens a dormant sense of childish wonder, and he saturates the air with all kinds of enchanting promises for the reader, who [...] pays little attention to the deeper import of Oriental mysticism". During the month-long voyage to England, Tagore spent his time in contemplation and he also translated a volume of his poems he was carrying with him, from Bengali to English. [36] He debuted in the short-story genre in Bengali with "Bhikharini" ("The Beggar Woman"). Sadly, his wife died in 1902, and later his two sons Renuka (in 1903) and Samandranath (in 1907) also died. The allopathic doctor preferred to spend the night at the patient’s bedside keeping a watch over her condition. A limited edition of Tagore’s work titled Song Offerings (an English translation of his celebrated collection of poems, Gitanjali) was published in London in November, and when it was quickly sold out, the publishing house MacMillan brought out a popular edition. Ignorant of his foreign origins, he chastises Hindu religious backsliders out of love for the indigenous Indians and solidarity with them against his hegemon-compatriots. Rabindranath Tagore FRAS (/ r ə ˈ b ɪ n d r ə n ɑː t t æ ˈ ɡ ɔːr / (); born Robindronath Thakur, 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941), and also known by his sobriquets Gurudev, Kabiguru, and Biswakabi, was a polymath, poet, musician, and artist from the Indian subcontinent. Our mission is to make Homeopathy the #1 Choice of medication. A brief history of COVID-19 This article is meant for every human being living on earth. The Sri Lanka's National Anthem was inspired by his work. Pithavoge Rabindra Memorial Complex, Pithavoge. [73], Between 1878 and 1932, Tagore set foot in more than thirty countries on five continents. [33], He wrote 6 poems relating to Sikhism and a number of articles in Bengali child magazine about Sikhism.[34]. Rabindranath Tagore became the first Asian to became Nobel laureate when he won Nobel Prize for his collection of poems, Gitanjali, in 1913.