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Jyotirindranath Tagore
Born4 May 1849
Calcutta, Bengal, British India
Died4 March 1925 (aged 75)
Ranchi, British India
Occupation(s)Playwright, musician, editor and painter
SpouseKadambari Devi
Parent(s)Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi

Jyotirindranath Tagore (Bengali: জ্যোতিরিন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 4 May 1849 – 4 March 1925) was a playwright, a musician, an editor and a painter from Bengal.[1] He played a major role in the flowering of the talents of his younger brother, the first non-European Nobel Prize winner, Rabindranath Tagore.[2]

Works[edit]

  • 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 Abhijñānaśākuntalam (The Recognition of Shakuntala) and Malati Madhava (Malati and Madhava); Sudrak's Mrichhatika (Little Clay Cart); Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations, Shakespeare's Julius Caesar; Bal Gangadhar Tilak’s Gita Rahasya.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ahmed, Wakil (2012). "Tagore, Jyotirindranath". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  2. ^ Bandopadhyay, Hiranmay, Thakurbarir Katha, (in Bengali), pp. 106–113, Sishu Sahitya Sansad.

Further reading[edit]

  • Bandopadhyay, Hiranmoy (1960). ঠাকুরবাড়ির কথা (Thakurbarir Katha) [About Thakurbari] (in Bengali). Kolkata: Shishu Sahitya Samsad. pp. 106–113.
  • Chaudhurani, Indira Devi (2001). Das, Anathnath (ed.). স্মৃতি সম্পাৎ (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). সংসদ বাঙলী চরিতাভিধান (Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan) [Bengali Biographical Dictionary] (in Bengali). Vol. 1. Kolkata: Shishu Sahitya Samsad. pp. 184–185.
  • 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. 184–185. ISBN 0-19-563696-1.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyotirindranath_Tagore

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