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Read about the Rabindranath Tagore, the Indian writer honored for his "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse." This Nobel Prize-winner profile includes a brief overview of Tagore's life and published works, as well as the Presentation Speech--originally given by Harald Hjarne -- which discusses the impact of Tagore's thought provoking literary writing in the Western World.
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- Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)