Rabindranath Tagore
1) El jardinero
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Poeta, ensayista, compositor y pintor, Rabindranath Tagore fue el primer escritor no europeo que ganó el Premio Nobel de Literatura en 1913. Con su aspecto de gurú venerable, viajó por todo el mundo y fue el representante de la sabiduría oriental y símbolo del movimiento nacionalista indio. En 1914 publicó El jardinero, una recopilación de poemas que constituye uno de los ejemplos más perdurables del estilo sencillo pero profundo con el que...
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"Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) is thought of as the most important poet of modern-day India. This literary giant's writings have inspired millions of readers for generations. The Heart of God is a beautiful collection of 102 poems that explores life's many mysteries, including the joy of love, the beauty of nature, and the inevitability of death. Representing Tagore's "simple prayers of common life," each poem is an eloquent affirmation of the divine...
4) Charulata
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Criterion collection volume 669
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Set in late 19th-century, pre-independence India, this film is about a woman's artistic and romantic yearning. It is about the lonely wife of a workaholic newspaper editor, Charulata, whose beautiful face masks a burning creativity. When her husband's poet cousin comes to stay with them, Charulata finds herself both inspired by him creatively and dangerously drawn to him physically. A delicate tale of a marriage in jeopardy and a woman taking the...