Jyotirindranath Tagore

Jyotirindranath Tagore
Born	4 May 1849 Calcutta, Bengal, British India
Died	4 March 1925 (aged 75) Ranchi, British India
Occupation(s)	Playwright, musician, editor and painter
Spouse	Kadambari Devi
Parent(s)	Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi

Jyotirindranath Tagore (Bengali: জ্যোতিরিন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 4 May 1849 – 4 March 1925) was a playwright, musician, editor, and painter from Bengal.^[1] He played a major role in the flowering of the talents of his younger brother, the first non-European Nobel Prize winner, Rabindranath Tagore.^[2]

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 a Ruler, 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.

References

Further reading

• Bandopadhyay, Hiranmoy (1960). ঠাকুরবাড়ির কথা (Thakurbarir Katha) [About Thakurbari] (in Bengali). Kolkata: Shishu Sahitya Samsad. pp. 106–113.
• Chaudhurani, Indira Devi (2001). Das, Anathnath (ed.). স্মৃতি সম্পাৎ (Smriti Samput) [A Casket of Memories] (in Bengali). Vol. 1. Santiniketan: Ravindra Bhavana. p. 29.
• Deb, Chitra (1995). "Jorasanko and the Thakur Family". In Chaudhur, Sukanta (ed.). Calcutta: the Living City. Vol. 1. Kolkata: Oxford University Press. p. 66. ISBN 0-19-563696-1.
• Sengupta, Subodhchandra; Bose, Anjali, eds. (1960). সংসদ বাঙলী চরিতাভিধান (Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan) [Bengali Biographical Dictionary] (in Bengali). Vol. 1. Kolkata: Shishu Sahitya Samsad. pp. 184–185.
• Ghosh, Tapobrata (1995). "Literature and Literaray Life in Calcutta". In Chaudhur, Sukanta (ed.). Calcutta: the Living City. Vol. 2. Kolkata: Oxford University Press. p. 224. ISBN 019563697X.
• Ghosh, Siddhartha (1995). "Calcutta's Industrial Archaeology". In Chaudhur, Sukanta (ed.). Calcutta: the Living City. Vol. 1. Kolkata: Oxford University Press. p. 250. ISBN 0-19-563696-1.
• Mitra, Rajyeshwar (1995). "Music in Old Calcutta". In Chaudhur, Sukanta (ed.). Calcutta: the Living City. Vol. 1. Kolkata: Oxford University Press. pp. 184–185. ISBN 0-19-563696-1.