Second, the introduction of "birds":
Birds is one of the masterpieces of Tagore, an Indian poet, and one of the most outstanding poetry collections in the world. It includes 325 beautiful untitled poems. Day and night, streams and oceans, freedom and betrayal are all integrated in Tagore's works. Short sentences express profound philosophy of life and lead the world to explore the source of truth and wisdom.
Three. Content introduction:
Birds is a philosophical collection of English aphorisms, with 325 poems (326 in English version and 263 in Chinese translation). Tagore integrated day and night, streams and oceans, freedom and betrayal into his poems, including feelings, affection and friendship, which all showed his love for life.
Fourth, the creative background:
Birds was created in 19 13, and the first edition was completed in 19 16. One part of Birds was translated by the poet from his own Bengali aphorism Collection of Broken Jade (1899), and the other part was an impromptu English poem written by the poet during his visit to Japan in 19 16. The poet stayed in Japan for more than three months, and the ladies kept asking him to write a fan or a commemorative book. The poet once praised the simplicity of Japanese haiku, and his Bird was obviously influenced by this poetic style.
A brief introduction to the author of verb (verb):
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) is a famous Indian poet, writer, artist and society.
Activist. 19 13 to obtain Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in Calcutta, a family rich in philosophy, literature and art, 13 years old can write long poems and ode poems. 1878 went to study in Britain, 1880 returned to China, specializing in literary activities. 1884 to 19 1 1, secretary of the Vatican Institute, founded an international university in the 1920s. 194 1 year, he wrote his famous last words, Crisis of Civilization, accusing the British colonial rule and believing that the motherland would be liberated independently. Tagore is a writer with great world influence. He wrote more than 50 poems, and was called "Poet Saint". He wrote 12 novellas, 100 short stories, more than 20 plays and a large number of literary, philosophical and political works, and created 1500 paintings and countless songs. Literature, history, philosophy, art, politics, economy and other categories are almost all-encompassing. His works reflect the Indian people's strong desire to change their destiny under the oppression of imperialism and feudal caste system, and describe their indomitable struggle. They are full of distinctive patriotism and democratic spirit, rich in national style and characteristics, and have high artistic value, which is deeply loved by the people.