Scholars from across the globe come together for book on Rabindranath Tagore

Tuesday 12th May 2015 06:30 EDT
 
 

Preeminent scholars from nearly 30 countries have come together to write a fundamental narrative on Rabindranath Tagore, India's greatest cultural ambassador.

The book, “Rabindranath Tagore- One hundred years of global reception”, is an exploration into Tagore's travels globally, as well as his politics of friendship and practise of liberal humanism. It is believed that Tagore had visited 37 countries, such as Iraq, Britain, France, central Europe, China and Japan during his existence.

The book has jointly been edited by a Hungarian expert, based in Oxford University and a german Tagore Scholar, from Santiniketan, India.

Rabindranath Tagore had won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. 


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