Rabindranath Tagore, one of the great writers of the century and indisputably one of the most towering figures the whole range of Indian literature, achieved world renown when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, in 1913 for his famous work Gitanjali. As a man of letters, musician, novelist, painter, educationist, social reformer, actor, patriot and above all a humanitarian his contributions have enriched the intellectual and cultural life of most of ...