Rabindranath Tagore
Nobel laureate in literature
Born on: May 7, 1861Died on: August 7, 1941
Aged: 80 years 92 days (963 months)
Gender: Male
Nationality: British_raj
Birth Sign: Taurus
Rabindranath Thakur, also known by his pseudonym Bhanusimha was a Bengali polymath of the Bengal Renaissance period. In 1913, Tagore became the first Asian to win a Nobel Prize in any category, and also the first lyricist and non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
A significant moulder of culture within the Indian subcontinent, he wrote and composed the national anthems of India and Bangladesh.
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