Rabindranath Tagore

Tagore c. 1915, the year he was knighted by George V.

Signature in Bengali script.

Rabindranath Tagore^{α[›]β[›]} (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941),^γ[›] sobriquet Gurudev,^δ[›] was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize in Literature. In translation his poetry was viewed as spiritual and mercurial; his seemingly mesmeric persona, floccose locks, and empyreal garb garnered him a prophet-like aura in the West. His "elegant prose and magical poetry" remain largely unknown outside Bengal. je olukowe to gba Ebun Nobel ninu Litireso.