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Tagore in 1912, when Gitanjali was being translated to English Song Offerings ( Bengali : গীতাঞ্জলি ) is a volume of lyrics by Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore , rendered into English by the poet himself, for which he was awarded the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature .
There appears to be another translation by T. N. Senapathy, the details of which are not known. [3]: 37 The first verse translation was made by Subramaniyan Krishnamoorthy, which was published in New Delhi by Sahitya Akademi. [3]: 34 Krishnamoorthy has also translated Cilappadikaaram into English published by M. P. Birla Foundation, Kolkata. [1]
In academia, it is also now referred to as Bangladeshi Writing in English (BWE). [1] Early prominent Bengali writers in English include Ram Mohan Roy, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Begum Rokeya, and Rabindranath Tagore. In 1905, Begum Rokeya (1880–1932) wrote Sultana's Dream, one of the earliest examples of feminist science fiction. [2]
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Gitanjali (Bengali: গীতাঞ্জলি, lit. ''Song offering'') 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 and the only Indian to receive this honour. [1]
It is a sub-category of Bengali literature in English translation. Bengali poetry, and for that matter Bengali literature, has been translated into many other languages. But starting from the 18th century it is English which has been chosen by most of the native and international translators.
The volumes were published consecutively in the years 1902, 1904, 1908, 1910 and 1932. The Kathamrita is regarded as a Bengali classic [1] and revered among the followers of Ramakrishna as a sacred scripture. [2] Its expurgated translation into English is entitled The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942).
Chaturanga [1] (Bengali: চতুরঙ্গ; English: Quartet) is a novel by Rabindranath Tagore, widely considered [by whom?] a landmark in Bengali literature. [2] The novel was published in 1916.