Jyotirindranath Tagore

Jyotirindranath Tagore (4 May 1849 – 4 March 1925) was a Bengali playwright, musician, editor, and painter. He played a major role in the flowering of the talents of his younger brother, the first non-European Nobel Prize winner, Rabindranath Tagore.

Works

• 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 Rich, 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.

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