Gitanjali, Rabindranath Tagore
Gitanjali, Rabindranath Tagore
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Gitanjali

Author: Rabindranath Tagore

Narrator: Matthew Schmitz

Unabridged: 3 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/26/2024

Categories: Fiction, Poetry, Asian Poetry

Synopsis

Brought to by Altrusian Grace Media and narrated by Matthew Schmitz. In addition to the normal narration, this version includes an "Ambient" version with peaceful meditative music. Gitanjali is a collection of poems by the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore. Tagore received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, for its English translation, Song Offerings, making him the first non-European and the first Asian & the only Indian to receive this honour. It is part of the UNESCO Collection of Representative Works. The poems express devotion to God and love, and were influential in the West and widely translated. It features an introduction by poet W.B. Yeats.

About Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) was a Bengali polymath who reshaped the art of his culture. His novels, stories, songs, dance-dramas, and essays spoke to topics political and personal. His verse, short stories, and novels were acclaimed—or panned—for their lyricism, colloquialism, naturalism, and unnatural contemplation. His compositions were chosen by two nations as national anthems: India’s “Jana Gana Mana” and Bangladesh’s “Amar Shonar Bangla.” Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 and knighted by the British Crown in 1915, though he later renounced this honor after the 1919 Amritsar massacre.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dr. Appu on February 09, 2023

The child-mother theme in Gitanjali is unique, just like Tagore's mysticism. "The sleep that flits on baby's eyes- does anybody know from where it comes? Yes, there is a rumor that it has its dwelling where, in the fairy village among shadows of the forest dimly lit with glow-worms, there hang tw......more

Goodreads review by Reading_ on January 21, 2022

All the thous and thees stirred my inner Shakespeare. Made me love the collection so much. I don't even remember I bought this copy in 2007 (what was I doing? Where was I then?) and I thought I was borrowing my brother's book. And an old family photo out of nowhere. Now that's what I called a fictional......more

Goodreads review by Pulkit on July 28, 2012

Hmm, I seem to be too lost to begin with this review. Maybe, it is going to take some time for me to come out of the world that I have lost myself into while reading Gitanjali. One of the most beautiful collection of poems that I have ever read. It feels as if Tagore is a writer, painter, musician a......more

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