For example, the devotional Indian poets of Ramprasad and Kabir especially influenced his early poetry works. Tagore's poetry was influenced by traditional Indian poetry. His poems reflected his beliefs and his feelings, be it of protest against misconduct or of support for a humanitarian cause. The English renderings of his poetry, which include The Gardener (1913), Fruit-Gathering (1916), and The Fugitive (1921), do not generally correspond to particular volumes in the original Bengali and in spite of its title, Gitanjali: Song Offerings (1912), the most acclaimed of them, contains poems from other works besides its namesake. Among his fifty and odd volumes of poetry are Manasi (1890), Sonar Tari (1894), Gitanjali (1910), Gitimalya (1914), and Balaka (1916). Rabindranath Tagore was known for his different forms of creative writing such as essays, letters, short stories, novels and dramas and is best known for his poems. It can hence be noted that his brothers were the inspiration for Rabindranath at the onset of his literary career. Rabindranath pointed out that his brothers set a bold example by strongly advocating Bengali literature at a time when the educated men began to keep at arms length both the language and the thought of their native land. Some of his famous works at that time included an essay called 'Swadeshi Samaj' and a famous novel called ' Gora' and short stories like 'Kabuli Walla'. During the Swadeshi Movement, Rabindranath wrote several books, articles, poems and songs about Bengal that created a patriotic fervour. If on one level he criticised the caste system and rituals through his poems and writings, then on the other level he tried to justify its existence. This was the period when the national movement coincided with the neo-Hindu revival in Bengal. This self-expression of Rabindranath Tagore became apparent especially during 1878-80. He published his first substantial poetry-under the pseudonym Bhanushingho (Sun Lion), in 1877 and wrote his first short stories and dramas at age sixteen. Rabindranath's earlier works reflected his belief in his own country and in a culture of universal humanity transcending all barriers of time and place. However seeking to become a barrister, Tagore enrolled at a public school in Brighton, England in 1878 later, he studied at University College London, but returned to Bengal in 1880 without a degree. His home schooling, life in Shilaidaha, and travels made Tagore a nonconformist and pragmatist. He also studied the Upanishads, languages and modern sciences. Rabindranath wrote his first poem at the age of six and as a young boy studied the classical poetry of Kalidasa. In music Tagore's training was classical Indian, though as a composer, he rebelled against the tyranny of classical orthodoxy, and introduced many variations of form and phrase, notably from Bengali folk music of the Baul and Bhatiyali type. Tagore's philosophies and way of living was heavily influenced by the concepts of Vedas and Upanishads. The poet's early life was spent in an atmosphere of religion and arts, principally literature, music and painting. Rabindranath's progressive views and ideals can be attributed to his family's belief in synthesis of old and new influences. Rabindranath Tagore was born in an atmosphere of the advent of new Bengali ideals. The Tagores' were a cultured and wealthy family, and Rabindranath's father, Debendranath, was one of the leaders of the Brahmo Samaj. Rabindranath Tagore was born in a family that could easily be passed off as one of the leading Indian merchants. Tagore was born the youngest of fourteen children, in the Jorasanko mansion, now known as Tagore House, to parents Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi. Tagore breathed his last in the year 1941. Literary works, nationalism and Santiniketan remained the passion of Tagore, for more than six decades of his life. Tagore was also a cultural reformer and polymath who modernised Bengali art by rejecting strictures, binding it to classical Indian forms. Two songs from his Rabindra Sangeet canon are now the national anthems of Bangladesh and India, 'Amar Shonar Bangla' and 'Jana Gana Mana' respectively. Tagore's works focused on certain issues such as racial humiliation, search for self-esteem, education, and religion that was concerned with India. He grew up in the heart of Kolkata in a colonised country. Rabindranath Tagore, a renowned poet and a Nobel award receiver for literature, was born in the year 1861.
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