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Sir Rabindranath Tagore: His Life, Personality and Genius

K. S. Ramaswami Sastri · 1916

A 1916 biography of Rabindranath Tagore by Indian writer K. S. Ramaswami Sastri.

An early biography of Tagore written by an Indian scholar soon after his international fame began.

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K. S. Ramaswami Sastri, Sir Rabindranath Tagore: His Life, Personality and Genius, 1916. Scanned copy, Internet Archive.

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What it is

This book, titled Sir Rabindranath Tagore: His Life, Personality and Genius, was written by K. S. Ramaswami Sastri and published in 1916. It discusses Tagore's major works, including Gitanjali, The Gardener, and The Post Office, and is held as a scanned text by the Internet Archive.

Why it matters

Written by an Indian author during Tagore's lifetime, this biography offers a perspective from within India at a time when Tagore had just won international recognition. It shows how he was viewed by his own countrymen soon after his rise to fame.

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  • How might this book differ from biographies written by British or American authors in the same period?
  • What does the detailed chapter structure, covering individual works, suggest about how Tagore's writing was studied?
  • Why might an author describe Tagore's 'personality and genius' as well as his life?

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