As a famous poet and writer of his generation, Tagore’s life experiences have attracted people’s attention, and there are many stories about his life that are circulated among the people. The following is a brief introduction of the poet Tagore that I have collected. Hope it helps.
Introduction to the poet Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), a famous Indian poet, writer, social activist, philosopher and Indian national ists. On May 7, 1861, Rabindranath Tagore was born into a wealthy aristocratic family in Calcutta, India. In 1913, he became the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature for "Gitanjali". His poems contain profound religious and philosophical insights. Tagore's poems enjoy epic status in India, including his representative works "Gitanjali", "Storm of Birds", "Sand in the Eyes", "Four People", "Family and the World" ", "The Gardener's Collection", "New Moon Collection", "The Last Psalm", "Gora", "Crisis of Civilization", etc.
Tagore’s story
In terms of life, people all know that his wife is a woman eleven years younger than him. However, there is a small story in Tagore’s story. of his other relationship. Tagore’s story begins in 1878. At that time, he was only eighteen years old and was preparing to go to England for further studies. However, his English was not very good, so after being introduced by an older brother in Mumbai, he found He hired a doctor's daughter as an English teacher, and Tagore also lived in the doctor's home. The doctor's daughter's name was Anna, who is the heroine of this Tagore story. She is a very beautiful and intelligent girl who has been living in the UK. She not only speaks excellent English, but also has a good understanding of the customs and habits of the UK. In the process of getting along, they hit it off. The learning process was originally very smooth, but when the course was about to end, Tagore fell into depression.
It turned out that he had fallen in love with Anna, but he didn’t know how to confess her love to him. What Tagore didn’t know was that this beautiful girl had also fallen in love with him. Neither of them could reveal this. It was so emotional that just when Tagore was about to confess, he suddenly received news from home that he had to return home immediately, but he did not expect that this would be their eternal farewell. After he left, Anna was arranged by her father to marry another man who was much older than her. Anna died not long after. When Tagore got the news, Anna had already passed away. Although he later got married and had children, and his relationship with his wife was very good, he still thought of this story when he was old.
Tagore’s literary characteristics
His works reflect the strong desire of the Indian people to change their destiny under the oppression of imperialism and the feudal caste system, and describe their indomitable resistance struggle. It is full of distinctive patriotism and democratic spirit, and at the same time rich in national style and characteristics. It has high artistic value and is deeply loved by the people.
His creations are mostly based on real life in India, reflecting the tragic fate of the Indian people under the heavy oppression of colonialism, feudal system, and ignorant and backward ideas, and depicting the changes in Indian society under the impact of new ideas. and the awakening of a new generation, while also recording his personal spiritual exploration. In terms of creative skills, he not only absorbed the nutrition of national literature, but also drew on the advantages of Western culture, and his artistic achievements were quite high. In particular, his poetry has a fresh style, beautiful verses, strange imagination, beautiful rhythm, and rich lyricism. At the same time, it is full of profound philosophical and religious thoughts, social and life ideals, which tug at the heartstrings of readers. Some poems appear mysterious due to the influence of religious ideas in the Vedas and Upanishads, but they still have a unique artistic charm.
Tagore was bold and innovative in poetry, genre, language and expression methods, and was unique. In terms of genre, the poet treats realistic themes as having meditative elements, and treats meditative genres as having realistic elements; in terms of genre, the poet creates the form of "story poetry" and political lyric poetry; he is also committed to creating free-style poetry. Tagore was good at learning and using the spoken language in people's lives, making the language of poetry fresh and lively; in terms of creative methods, he organically combined realism and romanticism, but in lyric poetry, romanticism was heavier, and in narrative poetry In sexual works, there are more elements of realism.