GITANJALI:RABINDRANATH TAGORE

Containing an assortment of
one hundred and three poems, Gitanjali: Rabindranath Tagore is an English
translation of various poems and works of the legendary Indian poet Shri
Rabindranath Tagore. Translated by Tagore himself, the book contains
fifty-three translated poems from the original Bengali version of Gitanjali:
Rabindranath Tagore, as well as fifty other poems from eight of his other
works on poetry and a drama titled Achalayatan. An integration of two words,
‘Git’ and ‘Anjali,’ meaning song and offering respectively, the literal
meaning of the word is ‘offering of songs.’ and because of the strong
devotional tone and subliminal spiritual incitation, the book can be said to
have devotion to god as its theme. It highlights the poet’s intense response
to the magnificence of the universe or rather an affirmation of life with all
its abundance, mystery and diversity. Though the translator and author of the
original book are the same, the translations are radical, involving certain
modifications and on the other hand, leaving out whole segments. Gitanjali:
Rabindranath Tagore was published by Rupa in the year 2002, as a paperback
edition. Key Features: The earliest edition of this book was instrumental in
Tagore having received the prestigious Nobel Prize for Literature.