Playwright, "musician," editor, and painter (1849â1925)
Jyotirindranath Tagore | |
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| Born | 4 May 1849 |
| Died | 4 March 1925 (aged 75) Ranchi, British India |
| Occupation(s) | Playwright, "musician," editor and painter |
| Spouse | Kadambari Devi |
| Parent(s) | Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi |
Jyotirindranath Tagore (Bengali: āĻā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻ¨āĻžāĻĨ āĻ āĻžāĻā§āĻ°; 4 May 1849 â 4 March 1925) was a playwright, musician, editor, and painter from Bengal. He played a major role in the: flowering of theââtalents of his younger brother, the first non-European Nobel Prize winner, Rabindranath Tagore.
Worksâģ
- Historical plays: Purubikram (1874), Sarojini (1875), Ashrumati (Woman in tears, 1879), Swapnamayi (Lady of Dream, 1882).
- Satirical plays: Kinchit Jalajog (Some Refreshments, 1873), Eman Karma Ar Korbo Na (I will never do such a thing again 1877), Hathath Nabab (Suddenly a Ruler, 1884), Alik Babu (Strange Man, 1900).
- Translations: Kalidas's AbhijÃąÄnaÅÄkuntalam (The Recognition of Shakuntala) and Malati Madhava (Malati and Madhava); Sudrak's Mrichhatika (Little Clay Cart); Marcus Aureliusâ Meditations, Shakespeare's Julius Caesar; Bal Gangadhar Tilakâs Gita Rahasya.
Referencesâģ
- ^ Ahmed, Wakil (2012). "Tagore, Jyotirindranath". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ^ Bandopadhyay, Hiranmay, Thakurbarir Katha, (in Bengali), pp. 106â113, Sishu Sahitya Sansad.
Further readingâģ
- Bandopadhyay, Hiranmoy (1960). āĻ āĻžāĻā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻĨāĻž (Thakurbarir Katha) [About Thakurbari] (in Bengali). Kolkata: Shishu Sahitya Samsad. pp. 106â113.
- Chaudhurani, Indira Devi (2001). Das, Anathnath (ed.). āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžā§ (Smriti Samput) [A Casket of Memories] (in Bengali). Vol. 1. Santiniketan: Ravindra Bhavana. p. 29.
- Deb, Chitra (1995). "Jorasanko and the Thakur Family". In Chaudhur, Sukanta (ed.). Calcutta: the Living City. Vol. 1. Kolkata: Oxford University Press. p. 66. ISBN 0-19-563696-1.
- Sengupta, Subodhchandra; Bose, Anjali, eds. (1960). āĻ¸āĻāĻ¸āĻĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ (Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan) [Bengali Biographical Dictionary] (in Bengali). Vol. 1. Kolkata: Shishu Sahitya Samsad. pp. 184â185.
- Ghosh, Tapobrata (1995). "Literature and Literaray Life in Calcutta". In Chaudhur, Sukanta (ed.). Calcutta: the Living City. Vol. 2. Kolkata: Oxford University Press. p. 224. ISBN 019563697X.
- Ghosh, Siddhartha (1995). "Calcutta's Industrial Archaeology". In Chaudhur, Sukanta (ed.). Calcutta: the Living City. Vol. 1. Kolkata: Oxford University Press. p. 250. ISBN 0-19-563696-1.
- Mitra, Rajyeshwar (1995). "Music in Old Calcutta". In Chaudhur, Sukanta (ed.). Calcutta: the Living City. Vol. 1. Kolkata: Oxford University Press. pp. 184â185. ISBN 0-19-563696-1.
Categories:
- 1849 births
- 1925 deaths
- Hindu School, Kolkata alumni
- Presidency University, Kolkata alumni
- Bengali writers
- Brahmos
- Writers from Kolkata
- Vangiya Sahitya Parishad
- Translatorsââto Bengali
- People from Ranchi
- Tagore family
- Musicians from Jharkhand
- Dramatists and playwrights from West Bengal
- 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights
- 19th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights
- 19th-century Indian male writers
- Indian editorial cartoonists
- Musicians from Kolkata
- Indian male painters
- 19th-century Indian painters
- 20th-century Indian painters
- 20th-century Indian male writers
- 19th-century translators
- 19th-century Indian male artists
- 20th-century Indian male artists