Author: Siser Kumar Das
Publisher: Sahitya Akademi
Year: 1993
Language: English
Pages: 669
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8126002921
Description
This first volume in a three-part serial includes all poetic works translated by Tagore including The Child, the only major poem he wrote in English.
These works, distinguished by profundity of thought and beauty of expression, made a great impact on readers belonging to different countries and culture. Their appeal is still fresh and abiding. For the first time, The English Writings of Rabindranath Tagore are presented with detailed annotations and information about the historical context to which they belong.
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) became an international figure when his Gitanjali, an anthology of lyrics, originally written in Bengali and translated into English by the poet himself, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature - - the first ever to an Asian - - in 1913. Since then he came to be known not only as a great writer but also as an able spokesman of modern India. Till today he is the most widely read Indian writer.
Although his reputation outside the Bengali-speaking area rests largely, if not entirely, on his English writings, no attempt had been made to put them together. Sahitya Akademi has now brought out a complete collection of Tagore's writings in English - - original as well as translations done by him- - in three volumes.
The corpus of Tagore's English writings, large and diverse, forms a substantial part of his total work. The first volume of this 3-part series includes all the poetic works translated by Toga and the poems he wrote originally in English. The second volume consists of plays and stories translated by him, as well as five prose work. The third volume is a collection of different genres of his writings.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION I
Gitanjali
The Gardener
The Crescent Moon
Fruit-Gathering
Lover's Gift and Crossing
The Fugitive
Collected Poems and Plays
Poems
SECTION II
Stray Birds
Fireflies
SECTION III
The Child
SECTION IV
One Hundred Poems of Kabir
APPENDICES
The Fugitive (1919?)
Lekhan
Notes
Sources of English Translations
Index of First Words
Contents
Publisher's Note and Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction
SECTION I
Gitanjali
The Gardener
The Crescent Moon
Fruit-Gathering ]
Lover's Gift and Crossing
The Fugitive
Collected Poems and Plays
Poems
SECTION II
Stray Birds
Fireflies
SECTION III
The Child
SECTION IV
One Hundred Poems of Kabir
APPENDICES
The Fugitive (1919?)
Lekhan
Notes
Sources of English Translations
Index of First Words