Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)
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Bengali polymath who composed the national anthems for both India and Bangladesh. First Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1913, when the prize still felt exclusively European.
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Rabindranath Thakur, also known by his pseudonym Bhanusimha was a Bengali polymath of the Bengal Renaissance period. In 1913, Tagore became the first Asian to win a Nobel Prize in any category, and also the first lyricist and non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. A significant moulder of culture within the Indian subcontinent, he wrote and composed the national anthems of India and Bangladesh.
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