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Best books to learn Rabindranath Tagore, in order
Tagore wrote poems, novels, plays, songs and essays in Bengali across sixty years, and the English Tagore most readers meet is a thin, mystical-sounding selection of it — much of it translated by Tagore himself into a register that flattened him. That gap is worth knowing about before you start.
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Rabindranath Tagore Reading Order: Where to Begin with the First Non-European Nobel Laureate
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- How should I approach learning rabindranath tagore?
- Tagore wrote poems, novels, plays, songs and essays in Bengali across sixty years, and the English Tagore most readers meet is a thin, mystical-sounding selection of it — much of it translated by Tagore himself into a register that flattened him. That gap is worth knowing about before you start.
- What's a good book to start rabindranath tagore with?
- A strong starting point is Selected Short Stories by Rabindranath Tagore. The ordered reading paths above show exactly where it fits and what to read next.