Native name
রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর
Born
Rabindranath Thakur
7 May 1861
Calcutta, British India[1]
Died
7 August 1941 (aged 80)
Calcutta, British India[1]
Occupation
Writer, song composer, playwright, essayist, painter
Language
Bengali, English
Nationality
British Indian
Literary movement
Contextual Modernism
Notable works
Gitanjali, Gora, Ghare-Baire, Jana Gana Mana, Rabindra Sangeet, Amar Shonar Bangla (other works)
Notable awards
Nobel Prize in Literature
1913
Spouse
Mrinalini Devi (m. 1883–1902)
Children
5 (two of whom died in childhood)
Relatives
Tagore family
