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title: "Who translated the book Gitanjali in english?"  
description: "Who translated the book Gitanjali in english?"  
author: "ASHUTOSH PANDEY"  
published: 2018-09-11  
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# Who translated the book Gitanjali in english?

Who translated the book Gitanjali in English?

## Answers

### Answer by Sanat Shukla

**The book” Gitanjali “is a collection of verses written after Rabindra Nath Tagore in Bangla.** Tagore wrote a beautiful prayer after a gut-wrenchingly painful period in his life during which he lost his father, wife, daughter and a son in quick succession. His unmeasurable pain and unshaken devotion are written in prose verses when he lost relatives**. His original Bengali version was published on August 14, 1910. Its original version in Bengali is a collection of 156 poems.**

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**His finest masterpiece was introduced to masterpiece was first introduced by W.B Yeats in the year 1912, thus Tagore became first Indian and Asian to win Noble Prize for literature.** A must read the book for every Indian and human to can feel pain for his near ones but also has deep affection towards god even after losing everyone.


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