RABINDRANATH TAGORE:The Myriad-Minded Man

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Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature, the first Asian writer to have won it. However during his lifetime in his native Bengal he was rejected by many Bengalis as being a product of the West's influence.This beautifully illustrated biography ,the product of ten years' research by a Bengali and an English writer, was the first to disentangle these contradictions.It focuses on the man, not his art. It highlights those of Tagore's works that have universal appeal and that illuminate his complexity and his myriad-mindedness.Krishna Dutta was born in Kolkata and studied Rabindranath Tagore from her childhood. Andrew Robinson has worked in publishing, television, and journalism and has been a frequent visitor to Bengal.