An Artist in Life

An Artist in Life
Author	Niharranjan Ray
Country	India
Publisher	University of Kerala
Publication date	1967
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]

The book won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1969.^[3]

References[]

^ Ghosh 1969, pp. 46.
^ Schwartzberg 1970, pp. 972.
^ Mohan & Narayan 2004, p. 85–6.

Bibliography[]

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. Indian Council for Cultural Relations. 18.
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.

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