Born 7 May 1861(1861-05-07) Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India

Died 7 August 1941 (aged 80)
Calcutta, Bengal Province, British India Pen name Gurudev/Bhanu Shingho(1941-08-07)

Occupation Poet, writer, lecturer

Nationality Indian

Ethnicity Bengali

Alma mater St. Xavier's Collegiate School, Calcutta

Genres Poet, novelist, short-story writer, essayist, playwright, thespian, educationist, spiritualist, philosopher, internationalist, painter, cultural relativist, orator, composer, song-writer, singer, artist

Subjects Literature

Literary movement  Bengal Renaissance

Notable work(s) Gitanjali
Gora
Ghare-Baire

Notable award(s) Nobel Prize in Literature 1913
 

Spouse(s) Mrinalini Devi (1883–1900)