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Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was born in Kolkata. A poet, novelist and composer, Tagore had a profound effect on literature in both India and Europe. A true polymath, he wrote prolifically, founded Bengal's Visva Bharati University and was an important voice in the Indian independence movement. In 1913, he became Asia's first Nobel Laureate, after winning the prize for literature.
Nobel Prize-winner Amartya Sen was born in Santiniketan in West Bengal, the home of Tagore's Visva Bharati University. He has held posts at the London School of Economics, Harvard and Cambridge, among others.

Rabindranath Tagore (18611941) was a poet and novelist, and the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. His best-known works includeGitanjali and The Home and the World.