泰戈尔(Rabindranath Tagore,1861-1941),印度作家,诗人,
社会活动家,生于地主家庭。曾留学英国。1921年创办国际大学。一生创作丰富。1903年起陆续发表长篇小说《小沙子》、《沉船》、《戈拉》,剧本《摩吉多塔拉》、《邮局》、《红夹竹桃》,诗集《吉檀迦利》、《新月集》、《园丁集》和许多中、短篇小说。获1913年
诺贝尔文学奖。
Rabindranath Tagore (1861?1941), one of India?s greatest and most prolific writers of the twentieth century, was awarded the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature. William Radice is a poet, scholar, and translator of Bengali, who has written or edited nearly thirty books. He has translated Tagore?s short stories and his novel The Home and the World for Penguin Classics.
An important book... William Radice?s introduction is excellent. -- The Sunday Times, London