An Artist in Life

An Artist in Life Author| Niharranjan Ray

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Publisher| University of Kerala

Publication date

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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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1. ^ Ghosh 1969, pp. 46.
2. ^ Schwartzberg 1970, pp. 972.
3. ^ "An Artist in Life: A Commentary on the Life and Works of Rabindranath Tagore". INDIAN CULTURE. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
4. ^ 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 164160692.972-974&rft.date=1970&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:164160692#id-name=S2CID&rft_id=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2943151#id-name=JSTOR&rft_id=info:doi/10.2307/2943151&rft.aulast=Hay&rft.aufirst=Stephen+N.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:An+Artist+in+Life" class="Z3988">
* 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).3–4&rft.date=1970&rft.aulast=Schwartzberg&rft.aufirst=Joseph+E.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:An+Artist+in+Life" class="Z3988">

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