To celebrate Diwali this year, the Online Library is sharing some of our favourite works by University of London alumnus, Rabindranath Tagore.
I Won't Let You Go: Selected Poems (1991)
Tagore, Rabindranath, (1861-1941)
In 1913, Rabindranath Tagore was the first ever non-European to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. His influence remains as one of the most influential creators in Bengali culture to this day. These ae among his most famous poems, collected as a special honorary printing.
Selected Short Stories (2013)
Tagore, Rabindranath, (1861-1941)
This collection of short stories, was mostly written during the 1890s and they portray vividly a way of Bengali life and culture, which still resonates today to a much broader audience.
Selected Poems (2013)
Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941
Although his plays and stories continue to entertain and inspire a global audience, there is always something evocative in Tagore's poetry which captivates the unconscious and unites his readers as he transcends geographic and cultural borders in these timeless poems, each a gift for readers to savour.
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