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An Artist in Life
Author	Niharranjan Ray
Publisher	University of Kerala
Publication date	1967
Publication place	India
Media type	Print
OCLC	172736
LC Class	PK1725 .R34

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]

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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^ Ghosh 1969, pp. 46.
^ Schwartzberg 1970, pp. 972.
^ "An Artist in Life: A Commentary on the Life and Works of Rabindranath Tagore". INDIAN CULTURE. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
^ 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).

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