Rabindranath Thakur

Native name রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর

Born Rabindranath Thakur

7 May 1861

Calcutta, British India

Died 7 August 1941 (aged 80)

Calcutta, British India

Occupation

Writer

Painter

Musician

Language Bengali, English

Ethnicity Bengali

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