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University of Cambridge: Rabindranath Tagore an Indian War Poet?

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Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize winner for literature but is not often mentioned today. He was a well known poet during World War I and inspired many soldiers on the front lines. This article begins with a letter from a mother whose son had recited a quote from one of Tagore's poems before leaving to fight and being killed. It includes a review from The Times Literary Supplement and a number of his poems.

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