
The Spirit of Japan
Author: Rabindranath Tagore
Narrator: Emily Foster
Unabridged: 42 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Ink and Marble
Published: 03/13/2026
Categories: Nonfiction, Travel, East Asia

Author: Rabindranath Tagore
Narrator: Emily Foster
Unabridged: 42 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Ink and Marble
Published: 03/13/2026
Categories: Nonfiction, Travel, East Asia
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.