An Artist in Life is a biography of Rabindranath Tagore first published in 1967 by the University of Kerala. The book, written by Niharranjan Ray took 15 years to research and publish.[1] The biography also presents a critical study of all Tagore's works.[2]

An Artist in Life
AuthorNiharranjan Ray
PublisherUniversity of Kerala
Publication date
1967
Publication placeIndia
Media typePrint
OCLC172736
LC ClassPK1725 .R34

It almost took 15 years of planning for the author to come up with the first draft of the book that was published in University of Kerala in 1967.[3]

The book won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1969.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Ghosh 1969, pp. 46.
  2. ^ Schwartzberg 1970, pp. 972.
  3. ^ "An Artist in Life: A Commentary on the Life and Works of Rabindranath Tagore". INDIAN CULTURE. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  4. ^ Mohan & Narayan 2004, p. 85–6.

Bibliography

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  • Mohan, Ramesh; Narayan, Shyamala (2004). "Awards (India)". In Eugene Benson; LW Conolly (eds.). Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English. Routledge. ISBN 9780203484326. OCLC 874157271.
  • Ghosh, Sachindra Lal (1969). "Rabindranath: An Artist in Life". The Indo-Asian Culture. 18. Indian Council for Cultural Relations.
  • Hay, Stephen N. (1970). "Book Reviews: An Artist in Life: A Commentary on the Life and Works of Rabindranath Tagore". The Journal of Asian Studies. 29 (4): 972–974. doi:10.2307/2943151. JSTOR 2943151. S2CID 164160692.
  • Schwartzberg, Joseph E. (1970). "An Artist in Life: A Commentary on the Life and Works of Rabindranath Tagore". The Journal of Asian Studies. 29 (3–4).