Gitanjali Gardener's Collection (illustrated Edition) (national Reading Classic)
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About This Novel
"Gitanjali: Song Offerings" (Gitanjali: Song Offerings) was published in 1912 and contains 103 poems, which were selected and translated into English by Tagore himself from many Bengali poetry collections. This collection of English poems is Tai Ong's masterpiece and the main reason why he was awarded the 1913 Nobel Prize for Literature. This collection has profound philosophical thoughts, elegant writing, and graceful bearing. According to the Nobel Prize citation, after the publication of this collection, "People everywhere now hail Tagore as a rising master in the art of English poetry who is worthy of admiration, regardless of whether they know his Bengali poetry or not, and regardless of their differences with the poet in terms of religious beliefs, literary genres, and political goals." The Gardener was published in 1913 and contains 85 poems. It is another important collection of Tagore's poems. This collection of English poems mainly talks about love and life. It is fresh, beautiful, profound and moving, and also contains profound philosophical thoughts. As the Nobel Prize citation said about this collection: "From it we see another side of his personality - sometimes surrendering to the intertwined joys and sorrows of youthful love, sometimes indulging in the anxiety and joy caused by the prosperity of life. At the same time, all these experiences are accompanied by thoughts about the extraordinary world."
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