Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore, Indian writer, poet, musician and painter. He was the first non-European to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, for his collection of poems "Gitanjali". He revolutionized Bengali literature and was an influential voice in India's independence movement. He has composed more than 2,000 songs, including the national anthems of India and Bangladesh. He died in Calcutta on August 7, 1941, he was 80 years old.