Introduction. Rabindranath Tagore was a great writer, poet, painter, playwright and naturalist. He was also an advocate of independence for India. He won Nobel Prize for literature in 1913, for his book Gitanjali. He was the first Asian Nobel Laureate writer. His Early Life He was born in 1861 in Calcutta (now Kolkata) in a wealthy and renowned Brahmin family. He was the youngest son of Devendranath Tagore and grandson of Dwarkanath Tagore. His father was a religious reformer and leader of the Brahma Samaj. His Early education. Rabindranath Tagore was mostly educated at home by the private tutors. When he was 12 years old, his first poem was published. At the age of 17 he was sent to Britain for formal education. But the limitless curiosity to know the world could be satisfied by the formal education given by the school. Since he had early success as a writer in his native Bengal. He translated his books and became the voice of Indian spiritual heritage in the west and be...